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The short version: Jackery customer support has confirmed that all new E240s have max input of 80W vs the previous 42W.
The long version:
I bought a Jackery E240 back in July and had only ever charged it using a 50W solar panel or the wall charger that came with it. Recently I bought the new E500 and a 100W solar panel. When I connected the 100W panel to the E240 I was getting around 60W on input. Much higher than what @Will Prowse and other reviewers got back when they tested theirs. I then tried the E500 wall charger on the E240 and got 81W. I contacted Jackery customer support and they confirmed that all new E240s available on Amazon have a higher input wattage spec of 80W. I asked them if they could provide a serial number range or some way of identifying which units had the higher input capability but they didn't provide that. The one data point I have is that I bought mine in late July and it has the upgraded input.
I've included some pictures of my E240 and E500 charging using their respective wall chargers and each other's wall chargers.
E240 on left using the E240 charger (getting 39W). E500 on right using E500 charger (getting 82W).
E240 using E500 wall charger (getting 81W). E500 using E240 wall charger.
Close up of E240 using E500 charger:
(Edited to make the pics less obnoxiously large.)
The long version:
I bought a Jackery E240 back in July and had only ever charged it using a 50W solar panel or the wall charger that came with it. Recently I bought the new E500 and a 100W solar panel. When I connected the 100W panel to the E240 I was getting around 60W on input. Much higher than what @Will Prowse and other reviewers got back when they tested theirs. I then tried the E500 wall charger on the E240 and got 81W. I contacted Jackery customer support and they confirmed that all new E240s available on Amazon have a higher input wattage spec of 80W. I asked them if they could provide a serial number range or some way of identifying which units had the higher input capability but they didn't provide that. The one data point I have is that I bought mine in late July and it has the upgraded input.
I've included some pictures of my E240 and E500 charging using their respective wall chargers and each other's wall chargers.
E240 on left using the E240 charger (getting 39W). E500 on right using E500 charger (getting 82W).
E240 using E500 wall charger (getting 81W). E500 using E240 wall charger.
Close up of E240 using E500 charger:
(Edited to make the pics less obnoxiously large.)
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