How can I Connect solar panel to power station.
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timselectric
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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.
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.
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.
mikefitz
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I don't think you can connect directly, this is the Panama solar panel system, you would connect via the 12v outlet,
The DC input is rated at 15 volts 2 amps. From all the information I can find there seems to be no built in solar controller.
There are much better solar power stations available, you could consider a return.
The DC input is rated at 15 volts 2 amps. From all the information I can find there seems to be no built in solar controller.
There are much better solar power stations available, you could consider a return.
Frugal Devonian
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It looks like a little inverter to me.
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