This is less than ideal due to the wasted energy.
How much solar panel to charge 4 batteries in series.
A single solar panel of 280 watts will do the work for you.
Charging time 50 ah 1 25 amps 10 of ct ave.
Charging time 40 hours 10 of 40.
You generally want to have the vmp of the solar panels 10 20 higher than the battery voltage.
Then add 10 of the charging time.
Then divide the battery capacity which is 50 ah by the ampere per hour rating of the solar panel which is 1 25 amps which will be the charging time.
There are other solar panels with various power ratings you can install to charge your batteries such as 100 watts 150 watts 235 watts 250 watts and many more.
So you need 1200 250 4 8 hours of bright sunlight.
You should use a charge controller to protect the equipment.
If you have a 50 volt and 10 amp current coming from your solar panels but only want 15 volts the pnw charge controller will send a 15 volt 10 amp current into your battery.