How To Connect Solar Panel To Rv Battery

Once the 100 watt solar panel and the solar charge controller are all connected together plug in the sae connection to the zamp solar ready port and solar power should start to the rv s batteries.

How to connect solar panel to rv battery.

Portable solar systems produce dc power which can be stored in your rv battery for future use. One can also connect the solar panel output to the battery but with that you will be putting batteries at risk. Disconnect the rv batteries and measure the roof. Solar panels have short cables so you may need to add some solar panel extension cables to ensure that you can get your panels in the sun.

Safety is your number one priority so remove all batteries cables before you do anything. If you are a do it yourselfer you may be thinking of designing and installing your own solar charging system. We have more information about this in our rv battery post how to choose use and maintain the best rv battery. As soon as the connection was made the display on the control box turned on and revealed that the solar was generating electricity and that the system was wired up at 13 6 volts the exact number i wanted to see.

In the rv does the charge controller have leads for inputs if not and you are directly connecting the panel to the battery leads you will have to install an additional caharge controller if so just connect the panel and leads to the rv controller which i assume is connected to the batteries. Assemble the braces and frames then install the panels. In the first picture it is an series connection of the batteries. Always connect the rv house battery bank to the first battery position as it will receive the full charge before the second battery begins to charge.

Solar charge controller keeps the solar panel from over charging your battery or batteries. The solar output if goes beyond whats needed for battery can heat them and destroy their capacity to hold charge. The simple thing here was to connect the one end to the solar panel and the other to the battery terminal via a controller. Once i had my batteries wired i ran my positive and negative wires from the control panel to the batteries.

Installing a solar charging system can have great benefits for rv owners looking for an alternative way to keep rv batteries charged. So when you consider what portable solar panels can be used for you need to be powering 12 volt dc powered devices or use an inverter to power ac devices.