Hook One Solar Panel Directly To Your Breaker 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.

Hook one solar panel directly to your breaker box. Patrick and kyle share a full look into how to determine if a breaker upgrade is necessary for your solar project. Find where the main wires run into the home in the box and pull them forward so you can access them. 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.

Run the wires from the converter to the electrical supply 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. To determine the rating of your main breaker box read the label on the box. Strip the ends of the wires and attach the green wire to the box.

You will need to decide which circuits you want to draw power from your solar panels. Patch the wires from your electric box and the solar panels together. 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.