How to Install Solar Panels : Wiring for Solar Panels

The wiring will connect the solar panels to the charge controller. Learn about wiring for solar panels from a professional in this free energy conservation video.

Expert: Roger Bacon
Bio: Roger Bacon is the owner of RGB Home Repair and Renovation in Santa Barbara California. He has experience in all phases of home repair and renovations such as plumbing, heating and solar power.
Filmmaker: Diana Bacon

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• solar energy
• solar panels
• solar power
• solar energy systems
• inverters
• solar batteries
• mounting rails
• wiring
• voltage testing meters

[stevegoff420]

while I admire your ingenuity, the same can not be said for you adherence to the NEC electrical code. That MC cable you're using is not suitable for outside location. Sealtight/Carflex NM is required.

[largohoss]

the flexible bx/mc cable is not rated or suited for outdoor wet or damp locations and the splices are not either/further the connections should have been made at the other end first for personal safety and equipment protection, oops,

[iLOVENATURE2011]

you dont really need a professional help to install solar panels... you can seek instructions in the internet! =)

[jonathoncrowe28]

It will take 10 Years - to pay you back on Commercial Solar Panels

If you want to make this time short to 1-2 Years

There is a website that explain how to Build your own Solar Panels

just for a fraction of the Retail Price today

Just go to Google and Search for...

"Top DIY Solar Panels Review"

Click the First Result (Also Skip The Advertisements)

[MrGrimsbonian]

bx is for indoor use only. 

[hermancando]

this dude is scarry bad info

[reddawn5297]

Solar Panels are cool. I'm building one to have a back up generator. I'm thinking about putting money away so I can use the money to get off the grid.

[mrtruthify]

@TheElectricpablo

In working with Direct Current [DC].. Black is your NEGATIVE, & or GROUND, while Red is your POSITIVE.. just as on your CARS 12 volt DC system [12VDC].

There is no white, typically.

[WDArizona]

For DC circuits, BLACK is ground & RED is positive. I might use the NM cable, labeling each end of it as carrying DC Voltage. With NM cable I would use BLACK as the ground & WHITE as positive. I would wind some RED electrical tape around each end of the NM cable's WHITE wire to indicate it is the POSITIVE wire of a cable carrying DC voltage.

The alternative would be to use CONDUIT, BLACK for ground, RED for Positive and a ground wire attached to the panel's frame to a good earth ground.

[TheElectricpablo]

Black is positive! White is negative! Wow! How many violations -_-

[mrouterrim]

Ball park fig, how long do solar pannels last