Hook One Solar Panel Directly To Your Breaker Box

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.

Hook one solar panel directly to your breaker box.

You will need to decide which circuits you want to draw power from your solar panels. To determine the rating of your main breaker box read the label on the box. 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. You will be patching in or splicing the wires together to tie in to the electrical system.

These nothing special just make sure you match the make and style of your existing circuit breakers different manufactures are not interchangeable with one another. In the photo of the label i have a 125a busbar in my main breaker box. Check out this video to understand the. Patch the wires from your electric box and the solar panels together.

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. The most common way to connect a residential solar system to the grid is in the main breaker box through a new dedicated breaker as shown in the schematic. It will tell you its rating. Run the wires from the converter to the electrical supply box.