How do i increase the wattage to charge my Yeti 4000?
I tried using 3 300 watt Ranger panels to charge my Yeti 4000 and would only get approximately 500 watts so then i added an additional 300 watt panel and still cant get anything over 560 watts.
Answers
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- Which port are you plugged into? The high voltage or low voltage?
- Do you have your panels wired together in parallel or series configuration, and what’s the voltage on those panels?
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I am plugged into the high voltage with all the panels in parallel. i purchased all the wires and panel from Goal Zero and it looks like they have discontinued selling connectors to allow series connections.
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With Anderson connectors, right? You can just use Anderson to MC4 adapters, then wire them together in series.
you’d need 5 of these (one connected to each of the 4 panel’s outputs then one to take the +/- ends of the string and convert them back to Anderson).This would give you 19.2v x 4 = 76.8v, and with the yeti’s port maxing out at 40a that means you’d be able to handle up to 3,000w of solar.
If you had them wired in parallel, and they were hitting their optimal 19.2v, the yetis 40a max would mean you’d only pull in 768w. So your 4th panel is doing nothing.
If they were in suboptimal conditions, and say pulling in 17v you’d be at 680w max (even though you have 1200w of panels plugged in. Simply switching to series would jump you up to nearly your max 1200w, if il doing the math correctly, as that would keep you below the max amperage of the yeti.
