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How can I Connect solar panel to power station.

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How can I Connect my solar panel to a power station? The solar panel has mc4 cables and the power station has dc input.
 

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Does your power station accept PV?
If so, it should have come with a MC4 adapter.
If not, you might be able to do it with a SCC (Solar Charge Controller).
It really depends on what it can accept as a source.
 
Check the manual, find out what polarity. Usually it's center pin is POS. Also find out what the max voltage/amp/current is. It says 15v, but is that nominal voltage or max? If it's max, you're going to have a hard time finding a panel with a Voc of 15v or lower without DIYing something.

EDIT: timselectric makes a good point, that looks like more charging from a wall adapter, so it doesn't actually have an onboard solar charge controller. In that case, don't hook up solar directly, you'll need a separate solar charge controller.

Even worse, it might just be a dumb input, and expect the exterior power source to also monitor and do CC/CV (constant current/constant voltage) charging on the lithium battery inside, rather than just feeding it power and doing the CC/CV internally.
 

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