Series VS Parallel Wiring for RV Solar Panels 2 Day Test

Ever wonder what works better? Series or Parallel for RV and Offgrid Solar panel wiring? Let's find out!

Test Conditions

2 Solar arrays consisting for 2 200w solar panels with 45 VOC.

Monitoring

All the data is recorded by Cerbo GX from 2 seperate charge controllers.

Results

As you can see below, over 2 days time parallel does win out in our test conditions. However it's only 50 wh of over 2000 wh or 2.5% difference.

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Series VS Parallel Wiring for RV Solar Panels 2 Day Test

Test Conditions

Monitoring

Results

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