Hook One Solar Panel Directly To Your Breaker Box

Patch the wires from your electric box and the solar panels together.

Hook one solar panel directly to your breaker box.

Check out this video to understand the. To patch into the existing system when you disconnect the wires from the electric box strip the ends of the black and white wires and twist them together with the wires from the inverter. You will need to decide which circuits you want to draw power from your solar panels. It will tell you its rating.

The power coming from your grid tie solar system is 240vac so you will need a double pole circuit breaker of the right current rating see 2. Strip the ends of the wires and attach the green wire to the box. Two days later john received a call from the same rep and was told that unfortunately the main panel upgrade would be required adding an additional 2 000 to the cost of the project. Patrick and kyle share a full look into how to determine if a breaker upgrade is necessary for your solar project.

To determine the rating of your main breaker box read the label on the box. Run the wires from the converter to the electrical supply box. Find where the main wires run into the home in the box and pull them forward so you can access them. In the photo of the label i have a 125a busbar in my main breaker box.