Can it be used as a combiner to connect 4 solar panels in parallel?
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Yes, Make sure your panels have the male and female connectors attached with enough wire length. Your 4 male connectors from each of the panels connect to the 4 females of the "Y" branch and the 4 female connectors from each of the panels connect to the 4 males of the "Y" branch. The outcome will be one male and one female connector left to terminate to your circuit. Take note of your "+" and "-" polarity.
333706
Providing all the panels are receiving direct sunlight it would work. Some devices may not charge if all the panels are not fully exposed to sunlight.
939636
Sure, if your solar setup has a USB output and can provide the 5V that this device needs!
1668388
I think you might possibly be able to connect then together using a usb hub with multiple alternative usb connectors to get a stronger current, unless they have an in-built system to specifically prevent this.
1108309
Yes they can ❗️ you can use these solar panels like any other solar panel ❗️ Depending on the grid tie unit you use you could run it on little as 1 -2 solar panels .
117612
My understanding is that 4 panels can be linked together but no more without having a separate controller. Call the company, their customer support is amazing.
1729372
It could be done, but 50 watts probably wouldn't do the trick. You could tie together more than one panel, though, for more power, or use a larger panel. If you do buy solar and plan to use a lead-acid battery, spend a little more and buy a PWM controller. (Look at Sunguard controllers). It costs a little more, but you'll get more output from the same panel. Controllers are used to prevent overcharging lead acid batteries. So, in short, it can be done. I love the Instapark panels. I dropped one from my RV and replaced it with the same model. Still need to see if I can have the glass replaced. They are not fragile, though. Have fun. It's a project.
1152737
I was not aware of one and I hooked it up without breaking it.If you have a panel in the sun however, I would think that hooking up the batteries and any accessories first would be the right thing to do, followed by the panels connection
311299
You could install this Aleko solar panel in PARALLEL with the lift master panel, but NOT in series. Parallel installation maintains the 12 volt battery level required by the control board. Installation in series will result in a 24 volt input to the control board and likely result in major damage to the control board. Parallel installation means hooking red to red and black to black. I would only install a second solar panel, if the single panel cannot keep the batteries charged to operate the gate. Otherwise it is a waste of time and money.
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i used it to connect an array of solar panels. don't know why you would want a relay, but you could connect a inline fuse if you wanted to.
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Don't know why someone said only use with 2 to 3 panels at the most -- these adapters are obviously meant to connect 4 panels into a single output cable. What really counts with a solar panel is the maximum amps of current it will put out -- rating a panel in watts is just a convenient marketing term, since most people think they know what "watts" are because we've all changed a light bulb. But "watts" is simply what you get when you multiply a panel's maximum volts by its maximum amps. The seller of these adapter cables specified their amp carrying capacity in another answer and said: The adapter has four input cables and a single, thicker combined output cable with its copper conductor diameter measuring 3.42 mm (equivalent to a gauge 10 AWG), rated to carry 40 amps by the very conservative NEC - National Electrical Code, which is used for all residential building codes in the United States. Assuming the seller measured the diameter of the copper conductor correctly, then the limiting factor is the 40 amps of combined current the output cable can handle. So you could connect 4 panels to this adapter, each with a maximum output of 10 amps, and safely have a total combined current of 40 amps running through the output cable. Someday we may have consumer solar panels which output more than 10 amps, but the most you will see any panel put out right now is 3 to 8 amps. This 4-into-1 adapter cable was designed to do a specific job and seems perfectly capable of doing it. Of course, you would have to be sure that whatever cable or device you plugged the output cable into was also able to handle the maximum combined amps that your 4 connected panels would be producing.
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Sure, you can parallel the panels to get more fuse space. Both primaries are ring terminals with a nut to secure. Just make sure your primay wires and fuse from the power supply is large enough for the combined load.Or depending on how far apart the panels are, you can run the primary for the entire load to a distribution block, then run smaller wire and fuses to each panel.BTW - They do make a larger fuse panel too.
2224660
this is not a mppt controller. so it will work only in parallel panels not in series with your panels
466630
I would think so if you feed each one but I would use diodes in circuit and fuse it too.
835003
I am not sure if this cable would fit or not, but technically speaking, you can connect two solar panels in series to get double voltage as it produces a pure DC voltage just like batteries.
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You could but what if you need to do some work on the panels? You need to kill the power some how. These connectors are nice after a few times connecting and unconnecting they get easier to work with. thanks for the question.
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I have added 4 more solar panels to mine for a total of 8. I hook my 8 panels together in two groups of 4 then to the generator. not sure if you can put more than 4 together and still be efficient. The generator only has two connectors for the panels, so two sets of 4 works well for me.