Connecting Led Lights To Solar Panel

A good modern option for low wattage outdoor lights is led lights.

Connecting led lights to solar panel. Pressing them firmly over the pcb join by bending and soldering all the negatives leads together i e. From your solar panels to the led lights you will have a rather long cable wires going in between. Yes the panels have wires off from them. A single solar panel isn t going to power indoor domestic lighting but it will be able to power a series of outdoor lights.

After you install the panels connect them to the charge controller which should be close to the battery using low voltage wire. Similarly bend and solder all the positive leads together to produce a single common positive. Finally connect the inverter which should also be located close to the battery with battery cables. I solder the positive wire to the inner pin and the negative wire to the outer shell of my cable.

For outdoor lights you can connect the battery directly to the lights to power them. Connect them to make a common connection. Those go to your charge controller and the wires from the charge controller go to the battery. If you just wire them directly to the battery they ll be on all the time except for when the battery is dead.