Wiring Up Additional Batteries to Use with Go Power Solar AE-6 Electrical System # 342-75011

Question:

Good morning on this Monday I am looking to install AE-6 Solar panels on my roof of my motor home and I have Two panels up there all ready one panel is a 190 and the other one is a 170 and I want to add the six so I have 8 panels so it would be about 1500 amps of powerand I have three 12 volt Batteries in the system now and how do I go about adding moor battery’s to the three now in the system can you help me with that answer thank you so much

asked by: Bruce S

Helpful Expert Reply:

Adding the Go Power Solar AE-6 All Electrical System # 342-75011 to your existing setup will certainly provide much more charging power for your existing (and additional) 12V batteries. Go Power actually recommends a minimum of 6 batteries for ideal performance with this setup, so you will indeed want to add some more units to your system.

When wiring up the batteries you will want to wire the bank up in parallel, which means connecting the positive post of one battery to the positive post of the next (along with the negatives to the negatives). I have attached an image from the Go Power manual that shows the typical setup below.

expert reply by: Chris R