Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations solar connector question

Hi all, I have a solar aerator system and a question on connectors that I've never used before (being completely new to solar by the way).

How in the world does positive go to negative in the same connection? I've never seen this before in any standard electrical wiring. Positive goes to positive, as in red to red normally, and same deal with negative (normally black) obviously.

Yet, the physical construction of the cable ends from the solar panel allows only for a negative to plug into a positive receptacle, and a positive to join a negative from a controller.

I look forward to learning more, and am trying to do as many online searches as I can think of to learn about solar wiring.

Thanks everyone!
Chuck

Typically if you look at a circuit diagram, or are connecting batteries in series to increase output voltage potential, you will do the same thing. Positive of one battery to the negative of the next. Hooking all positives to all negatives will increase current potential, but not the voltage. Hooking them all in series instead (positive,negative,...) will increase the voltage, not the current.

You are thinking of all sources and loads in parallel when all positives are connected together. Your diagram sounds like some things need to be connected in series. At the output of the solar cell bank, and finally connected to load, then you will have positive to positive, negative to negative.