It s great that the yeti 1000 has multiple ways to charge it.
Chaining solar panels to one yeti.
Charging goal zero power stations with third party panels.
There are also similar adapters available on ebay click here to view the mc4 to anderson powerpole or click here to view the mc4 to 8mm.
Connect your goal zero yeti 1250 s together with this daisy chaining cable to share power for longer run times.
How to use third party solar panels with goal zero yeti.
After purchasing a goal zero yeti 1000 lithium we started looking for solar panels to go with it.
Panel chaining option if you want to charge the yeti faster you can attach additional panels.
Goal zero makes its own solar panels but we wanted to mount two panels on top of our rv roof and have a couple of portable ones that we could angle and move around with ease on the ground.
Note that the only yeti power stations with the anderson input are yeti 1000 1250 1400 and 3000.
I don t chain them i plug each one into a separate input port.
Check out how to chain multiple goalzero panels together.
I purchased the boulder 100 because the yeti 1000 that i own charges quicker when i use two solar panels.
I love all of goal zero products.
Emergency power if you keep it charged as recommended the yeti 400 alone would provide a great backup solution for unexpected power outages at home.
It allows me to share the amp hours as well as simplify charging customer review tonyb.
We ve taken the guesswork out of chaining when using goal zero boulder solar panels the 8mm blue ringed connector and combiner cables properly chain our panels together for approved use with the yeti portable power stations.
I bought the goal zero anderson chaining cable to increase functionality of my yeti 400 s.
All models have at least one 8mm input.
The adapter you need to connect most third party solar panels to a yeti power station is either this anderson adapter or this 8mm adapter which one depends on if you want to use the app or the 8mm input.
I have the older boulder 90 and now i ve added this boulder 100 to the mix.