Connecting a Jackery 500 to a Renogy Solar Panel?
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- Опубликовано: 13 апр 2020
- Sharing my solar setup that shows how I hook up my Jackery 500 to the Renogy Eclipse 50 watt panel by using a mc-4 to 8mm adapter cable, and an 8mm extension cord. This should also work is Goal Zero batteries. It should also work with any solar panel with a mc-4 connection.
Product links:
Jackery Portable Power Station Explorer 500 (Amazon): amzn.to/3qza0Gw
Renogy 50W 12V Eclipse (Amazon): amzn.to/3Cgfx7w
SolarEnz Solar Connector to 8mm Adapter Cable Perfectly Compatible with Solar Generator Portable Power Station and Solar Panel (Amazon): amzn.to/3NhNHhw
Goal Zero 15ft 8mm Extension Cable for Yeti, Boulder and Nomad Products (Amazon): amzn.to/3qxK4uV
Thank you for clarifying for me that you can use another brand panel to charge this. Looking at a 100w Jackery panel, they wanted nearly $400 & compared to others I can get like 300w worth of solar for that. I'll probably get at least 1 100w Renogy panel to pair with it. Appreciate all the links as well!
For those getting the extension cable, expect to lose some wattage the longer the cable is.
Thanks for the tips ! I have a renogy 100 watt and I am leaning towards getting the Jackery station. This looks like an awesome set up. Thanks for the links and laughs !
Thanks for this..I've got a jackery and renogy panel myself and was curious what I needed. haven't used the panel yet but use the jackery all the time.
Thank you, very helpful, esp knowing you already "tested" the adapter that actually works.
i just got the jackery 1500 its amazing!
Nice job!
Just bought the same panel you have for my jackery 500 :D thanks for the video!
How is it going? Are you getting around 50 watts? I'm curious. I want to get one aswell
Thats impressive. Thank you for the post
Happy to see I just need a cable to use my Renogy suitcase when I get my Jackery to power a fridge.
I was looking at a pecron e2000…. And looking at the renogy 550w x 2 =1100w .. looking at spending $800 for both panels… if I get the pecron solar panels 800w would be about $1100 and the 1200w from pecron would be $1600 more!!!! It’s insane how companies really stick it to you on the solar panels…. By the way to find comparable panels just make sure panels have the same working voltage and watts and check for maximum amperage
Great! Thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks for uploading this vid, I am currently trying to decide whehtt I want this setup or a dedicated lithium battery and solar charge controller.
Wish I'd seen this a few months ago. I went through the same challenge finding the right connector, sent the first 2 back. Finally got renogy to recommend a polarity converter. Jackery support is lame. I just wish it charged faster. Should have got the Rockpals. Good video!
Thanks, I wondered if they were compatible !
Thank you for posting the links to all the cables. Hard to find!
Aren’t all solar panels waterproof since they have to be outside? I just used my 100 Watt Renogy panel for the first time to charge my Rockdale power station (300. watt). We have a power outage right now and it worked great. Granted, my 300 W Rockdale won’t charge a lot of appliances, but I have a small appliance to heat water and sauté some meat, so I can still make coffee, cook a small meal, charge my phones, etc.
Great vid..
do you remember which ones you bought that didn’t work?
Mc4 connectors
Thanks
Wow... hitting around 50w is really good. Waiting on my jackery 500. Ordered a Paxcess 60w panel an hoping I get at least 40w. I'm skeptical about it though. If not I'm definitely going your route bro! How's it holding up, Tested it in rain yet, still getting around 50w?
Much appreciated
I'm struggling to find a cord for my 400w renogy. A lot of these adapters are 200w max
I have the 100w Renogy and a Jackery 500 using both cords you suggested. I am only getting 28w input max. I’ve checked all the connections. Any suggestions on what could be the problem. I have full direct sunlight. No clouds. Thank you.
I was thinking of using your set up, are you still only getting 28w input?
How did you determine the polarity of the adapter cable was wrong?
Hey - any reason you decided to use a 50W Panel instead of a 100W Panel with your Jackery 500? I am thinking of getting an 100W Panel
Edit: I double checked and found out the 500w unit is limited to 100w of input charge, the smaller units are limited to 42w. So a larger panel would charge this unit faster.
I'm researching this option instead of a dedicated lithium battery / charger setup for my van... From what I can tell the Jackery generator boxes limit input charging to 40-50w. So a larger panel will still be limited by built in charging limit and should not have any added benefit... However, many panels are inefficient and do not reach their advertised wattage. So a cheaper 100w panel may put out 60-70w. The same goes for a cheaper 50w panel, it may only put out 30-40w. This Renogy 50w panel is one of the more expensive panels and is supposed to output it's fully advertised power under ideal conditions. There are other battery generators that do not limit charging input as low, but have other cons as well. I think Jackery will most likely roll out higher charging input with it's next generation of products.
Over paneling will help with days the sun is not great or you don't move your panel much.
I would rather have max charge most of the time rather than not
@@TheHavnmonkey so I have a Jackery 500 and a 160 W panel are you saying that you can safely hook those up because the Jackery will only take the max that it can and it won’t over charge? I can’t get them to respond.
@@pamtyer7297 yes, as long as the panels output voltage is the same as the Jackery's input voltage.
@@TheHavnmonkey Are those numbers I would find on the back of the panel and on the Jackery details? I’m not sure what you mean?
Hi I’ve had a similar ghosting experience with Jackery and solar questions they answered about making the adapter or getting an adapter for MC four to the 8 mm but then they don’t want to answer me. I wanted to know specifically if it’s safe for me to hook up 160 W panel or if there’s any reason why I couldn’t and from your information I’m gathering that it would be safe. that there’s a mechanism inside the Jackery that will keep it from overcharging is that correct?
@@WulfricSchenk interesting very surprised at your reply. Did something change for you or are you able to use more than 100 W solar panel when you used your Jackery 500? They are completely ghosting me and they won’t answer anymore?
Would like to set this up for my shed, but what happens when overcharging... do I have to buy another thing to stop it?
@@WulfricSchenk thanks. Just checked and it does
Need a link for that connector
"tobacco" pipe ;)
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specs say max voltage in is 30v? What happens if i try to charge this with a Renogy 300 watt 24v panel from Home Depot RDG300?
You can safely use it. It just wont use the full 300w of the panel
Does this set up work for the jackery240 or is it only for the 500
@@WulfricSchenk awesome thanks for the help
I tried out charging my Jackery 500 with a No-Name Connector first ... not charging !!
Than I find out that your Renogy Panel is charging the Jackery 500 using that "SolarEnz" Connector ... I gave him a try .... seems not to work ... input of 0 Watt on display.
But displayed percent is climbing !! ... what is that !!!!!
Ok ... after complete discharge a wonder has happend !! .... Jackery 500 in charging by showing Watts in display as it should !!
I don't have a clue what happend or why it needed a fully discharge to work probably.
Jackery's panels are way too expensive IMO. I'm sure they work well but $300 for one 100-watt panel? No thanks.
This is awesome. I especially love the cat jumping into the video - was that planned? Lol. Thank you for posting this. I just bought the Jackery 240 and it seems great, but like you, I have a solar panel that I want to connect to it that isn't from Jackery. I just got a Coleman solar panel kit from Costco www.costco.com/coleman-100w-solar-panel-with-8.5-amp-charge-controller.product.100389117.html and need to connect it to my Jackery.