Set the volt meter to read dc volts.
Positive and negative wires fkr solar panel.
Connect the positive wire from the solar panel to a battery cable with a fusible link between the battery and the solar panel.
The positive wires are connected to a positive connector within a combiner box and the negative wires are connected to the negative connector.
The negative wire of the solar panel is terminated with a mc4 male connector marked.
Short circuit between the positive and negative terminals of the battery or short circuit between the positive and negative wires of the terminal may cause fire and explosion before connecting the battery to the solar system make sure the battery voltage is higher than 6v then start the controller if the system is 24v make sure the.
If the volt meter shows a negative number indicated by a minus symbol the leads are the wrong direction.
Connect the negative wire of the solar panel to the negative terminal of the battery.
This will help prevent a fire or battery explosion in the event of a short in the wiring.
Red and black are acceptable colors to use.
If this is an ungrounded system also compliant in some circumstances then neither wire should be white.
Connect this cable to the mc4 female adaptor.
To measure across the solar panel terminals or wires put the red positive meter lead on one side and the black negative on the other.
When stringing in series the wire from the positive terminal of one solar panel is connected to the negative terminal of the next panel and so on.
White for negative denotes this is a grounded system and the negative is grounded.
When solar panels are wired in parallel the positive terminal from one panel is connected to the positive terminal of another panel and the negative terminals of the two panels are connected together.
Grounding the positive is also nec compliant and would thus have a white wire carrying positive.
Make sure that the locking tabs snap in for a firm connection.
One wire is the dc positive and the other is the dc negative.
There are three types of designs to connect the pv strings to the solar power inverter.
Generally the female mc4 connector is associated with the positive lead and the male connector is associated with the negative lead.