
This diagram shows two, 8 amp, 23-volt panels wired in parallel.

This means there are 8 Amps at 138 Volts coming into the solar charge controller.
#Series vs serial books series
Since series wired solar panels get their voltages added while their amps stay the same, we add 23V + 23V + 23V + 23V + 23V + 23V to show the total array voltage of 138 Volts while the Amps remain at 8 Amps. This diagram shows six, 8 amp, 23-volt panels wired in series. This means there are 5 Amps at 100 Volts coming into the solar charge controller. Since series wired solar panels get their voltages added while their amps stay the same, we add 20V + 20V + 20V + 20V + 20V to show the total array voltage of 100 Volts while the Amps remain at 5 Amps. This diagram shows five, 5 amp, 20-volt panels wired in series. This means there are 6 Amps at 72 Volts coming into the solar charge controller. Since series wired solar panels get their voltages added while their amps stay the same, we add 18V + 18V + 18V + 18V to show the total array voltage of 72 Volts while the Amps remain at 6 Amps. This diagram shows Four, 6 amp, 18-volt panels wired in series. This means there are 4 Amps at 72 Volts coming into the solar charge controller. Since series wired solar panels get their voltages added while their amps stay the same, we add 24V + 24V + 24V to show the total array voltage of 72 Volts while the Amps remain at 4 Amps. This diagram shows three, 4 amp, 24-volt panels wired in series. There is 5 Amps at 40 Volts coming into the solar charge controller. Since series wired solar panels get their voltages added while their amps stay the same, we add 20V + 20V to show the total array voltage and leave the amps alone at 5A. This diagram shows two, 5 amp, 20 volt panels wired in series.

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