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Hi there,
I'm hoping someone a lot more intelligent and knowledgable than I may be able to help! I'm very new to this.
I have the following equipment:
- Anker C1000 portable 1kW power station - XT60 connection port
- Anker PS200 (531) 200w solar panel - XT60 cable connection
- Renogy 200w solar panel - MC4 cable connection
The Anker C1000 power station is supplied with a dual XT60 cable to allow more than one solar panel connection. I have a third party converter cable to go from the dual Anker XT60 cable to convert to MC4 to connect the Renogy 200w panel.
The situation as follows:
If I connect each panel to the C1000 separately, in perfect conditions each panel will draw around 150w to charge the C1000's battery in direct sunlight.
If I connect the Anker PS200 (531) first it'll pull the 150w, but then when also connecting the Renogy via the dual cable the C1000 will still pull in just 150w.
If I connect the Renogy first it'll pull 150w, then connecting the Anker PS200 (531) second it will pull a combined max of circa 185w only and no more.
As a newbie to this, is there anything that I can buy that will mean when connecting the two panels to the C1000 I can pull a combined circa 300w in perfect conditions? Presume I have a technology compatibility issue somewhere!
Thanks a lot for reading
Kieron
I'm hoping someone a lot more intelligent and knowledgable than I may be able to help! I'm very new to this.
I have the following equipment:
- Anker C1000 portable 1kW power station - XT60 connection port
- Anker PS200 (531) 200w solar panel - XT60 cable connection
- Renogy 200w solar panel - MC4 cable connection
The Anker C1000 power station is supplied with a dual XT60 cable to allow more than one solar panel connection. I have a third party converter cable to go from the dual Anker XT60 cable to convert to MC4 to connect the Renogy 200w panel.
The situation as follows:
If I connect each panel to the C1000 separately, in perfect conditions each panel will draw around 150w to charge the C1000's battery in direct sunlight.
If I connect the Anker PS200 (531) first it'll pull the 150w, but then when also connecting the Renogy via the dual cable the C1000 will still pull in just 150w.
If I connect the Renogy first it'll pull 150w, then connecting the Anker PS200 (531) second it will pull a combined max of circa 185w only and no more.
As a newbie to this, is there anything that I can buy that will mean when connecting the two panels to the C1000 I can pull a combined circa 300w in perfect conditions? Presume I have a technology compatibility issue somewhere!
Thanks a lot for reading
Kieron