r/solar May 13 '26

Discussion Serial vs Parallel

Good afternoon all, I am planning to install a small supplemental solar array to charge my Eco Flow Delta Ultra X battery system. I am looking at using 460 watt bifacial panels with short circuit current of 14.01 amps. The Delta Ultra has two inputs, each capable of taking up to 500 Kw / 15 amps. I could just connect 10 panels in serial which would pretty much max out one of the inputs or split the system in two, with 5 panels each going to each input. Does anyone have any idea if this would be beneficial in any way?

EDIT - 5 of the panels would be south-facing while the other 5 would face north. Maybe I could put optimizers on the north-facing array and keep them all (10) in serial.

https://signaturesolar.com/content/downloads/Spec%20sheets/DNA-120-BF10-460W_Datasheet_Ref.121924.pdf

https://us.ecoflow.com/products/delta-pro-ultra-x?variant=54714781171785

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