How I Overpanel My Power Stations (Safely)

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@jasonbroom7147 14 сағат бұрын

Volts are pushed. Amps are pulled. Your power station's solar charge controller cannot (be relied upon to) throttle down the volts you throw at it from the panels. Within reason, it can and will pull the amount of amps needed, at the SAFE voltage supplied, to meet its design and configuration for total amount of wattage delivered to a load or used to charge a battery.

@r.l.royalljr.3905 6 сағат бұрын

This is my understanding too. This should be the same theory as DC chargers - if your charger is rated for 12VDC/3A, you can hook it to a device that will max out at 1A without any issue at all, but you'll probably blow the charger if you hook it to something that draws 3.5A and you'll probably blow the device if it can only accept 9V.

@jessicaalvarez273 23 сағат бұрын

Ok this one was technical and still really helpful. Thanks Alex.

@farhanredza 23 сағат бұрын

Everytime you drag that power station on the stone, my heart sank😢 btw it's okay to over current.. Electrical device will draw current that it needed.. But don't over voltage

@jimtran93 5 сағат бұрын

As people have mentioned, voltage is the only hard limit that you must never exceed. It is safe to exceed the short-circuit current by any factor. HOWEVER, it is always best to have a fuse or DC-rated circuit breaker between the panels and the power station/charge controller in case a problem occurs with the device and it starts to draw more power than it was rated for. For example with the River 2's solar input maximum of 8A, I would put a 9A or 10A fuse.

@fookingsog 6 сағат бұрын

Are you using the XT60i type connector for the solar charging on your EcoFlow? The middle pin on the XT60i shunted to ground is what puts the EcoFlow into the higher power solar charging mode.