Hello All,
I'm doing a 6' x 10' cargo trailer conversion. I would like to connect my four 100w Renogy solar panels in parallel to my Renogy Rover 40-amp MPPT charge controller inside the trailer. My understanding is that configuration will allow the panels to operate independently so if one malfunctions the others will operate as usual. Can I just run the wires of each panel to a 4-to-1 MC4 branch connector to give me one negative wire and one positive wire to go through the trailer roof to the Rover MPPT? It's a small trailer so any wire runs won't be that long, maybe 10' max. I bought the Renogy components as a kit with cables and everything, but it looks like this kit was designed to connect in series because there is just one set of cables besides those coming from the panels. I saw on another webite that a parallel set-up would need something called a combiner box and I've not heard of that.
I'd be grateful for some guidance.
I'm doing a 6' x 10' cargo trailer conversion. I would like to connect my four 100w Renogy solar panels in parallel to my Renogy Rover 40-amp MPPT charge controller inside the trailer. My understanding is that configuration will allow the panels to operate independently so if one malfunctions the others will operate as usual. Can I just run the wires of each panel to a 4-to-1 MC4 branch connector to give me one negative wire and one positive wire to go through the trailer roof to the Rover MPPT? It's a small trailer so any wire runs won't be that long, maybe 10' max. I bought the Renogy components as a kit with cables and everything, but it looks like this kit was designed to connect in series because there is just one set of cables besides those coming from the panels. I saw on another webite that a parallel set-up would need something called a combiner box and I've not heard of that.
I'd be grateful for some guidance.