How To Put Solar Panels On Your Shed

I bought an 16a charge controller from maplins.

How to put solar panels on your shed.

From there the rest of the solar install was a cinch. All shed and cabin solar kits comprise of a panel a regulator and a battery. Since the inergy units are plug and use we simply ran the heavy duty charging cord from the panels into the cabin. Setting up solar panels for your shed doesn t have to be hard or expensive.

D o you have a shed or other outbuilding that could use light and or power. To secure the panels to the wood we simply ran screws from at the top and bottom into the ends of the 2 x 4 s. I bought a 10w photo voltaic solar panel. On the off grid kits i have always used sealed gel batteries.

Connect the red wire to the positive connection and the black wire to the negative connection at the terminal posts. You must get photovoltaic nothing else. Mounting the solar panel. Run your shed off grid.

Begin by connecting the wiring from the solar panel to the junction box. This step is not unlike the order in which you might hook up jumper cables between two cars. The z brackets are used to attach the solar panels to the roof of your shed. Strip the wires and insert the cable into the junction box.

Next connect the solar panels to the charge controller with the adaptor cables. That s the whole energy source ready for distribution into the building. In many cases running an underground cable from your house to the building is the most economical way to go. Getting power inside the cabin.

They can handle the environment provided they are kept wrapped up in an insulated box. But if the building is a fair distance from the house so that wiring it would be a hassle or a large expense consider a solar powered system.