Goal Zero 30' Extension Cable 8 mm 9 m Or 30 Extra Feet to Connect Goal Zero Solar Panels to Each Other Or Can Be Used to Connect Panels to Goal Zero Yeti Or Sherpa 100ac for Charging

Cable works fine with goal zero products. We are very happy with our goal zero generator and have purchased three more over time.

I just tested these and they do lose 10% power per cable. If you put 2 together for 60 feet, you will lose 20% power. And also, at 200W-220W they become hot almost instantly (in the shade and cool conditions) so that tells me these would be dangerous to use with panels > 100W. I think these might work well with say a Jackery 500 and a 100W panel (either glass panel or a Jackery 100W foldable panel), but would be terrible to use with a 200W glass panel or with a 200W power brick. Not only will you lose 10%, they will get hot and are so thin I would not be surprised if they shocked you a little bit if you grabbed the wire and were pumping 200+W through them. Be safe and just use these with a 100W panel or Lower. If you need an extension for 200W panel or a Series setup with 2 or more 100W panels or even 2x 200W panels, get a 10AWG red and black MC4 extension cable (they sell those here on Amazon in 20 feet lengths) and it will be safe and you will have no power loss. These are cheap at $24.95 and you get a generous length of 30 feet, so these are not bad for 100W or less applications, and as another user said, since the wire is thinner, it makes it light weight and more portable for backpacking, etc. But if you got 2 or 3 200W glass panels and are charging up a Bluetti eb240 at 330W to 495W or something big like that, these wires will probably catch on fire, melt, and/or shock you (and prior to melting, 10-20% of the power will not make it to the power station anyways).

I was having a little trouble finding ratted watts for the 8mm and HPP cables from goal zero so I decided to do some testing, it turns out the type of cables you use and how long the runs are makes a big difference in power delivered to your Yeti battery pack! Below are the results from my tests, hope this helps! I hooked up two Goal Zero Bolder 100 BC solar panels and one Bolder 50 solar panel for this test these were then combined using the 4x 8mm to HPP combiner from Goal Zero. It is February in Arizona in early afternoon we had good direct sun but since it is winter the sun was not directly overhead At the panel the watt output was 162 watts which is pretty good for a winter day! I tested the following configurations over about 10-15 minutes to minimize change in suns position. As you can see below how you hook up the panels makes a huge difference, upgrading to an HPP cable could provide you a significant boost in power to your Yeti battery depending on your current setup, may be much cheaper than buying an additional solar panel! Testing with Yeti 1000 +4x 8MM to HPP Combiner -162 Watts + 30’ HPP Cable -161-162 Watts (Basically no loss) +30’ 8mm Cable – 147 Watts (Loss of 15 Watts) +30’ 8mm Cable x 2 (60’ run) -102 Watts (Loss of 60 Watts OUCH!!) Also cables were getting warm +30’ HPP Cable to. 8mm adapter -162 Watts (Basically no loss) +30’ HPP Cable to. 8mm adapter + 30’ 8MM Cable (60’ run) -133 Watts (Loss of 29 Watts) +30’ HPP Cable to. 8mm adapter + 30’ 8MM Cable x2 (90’ run) -91 Watts (Loss of 71 Watts!!!) Testing with Yeti 400 +120 Watts - 30’ HPP Cable to. 8mm adapter *These results would be same for Sherpa, or Yeti 200x / Yeti 150 the charge controllers on these units are limited to 120 watt input and will restrict inputs that provide more poser to protect internal components Conclusion, you might be able to get a significant boost in performance with a simple upgrade to wiring. Since the Yeti 400 limits the 8mm input to 120 watts I’d probably only use the 8mm cables for applications of 120 watts or under, otherwise you are leaving a significant amount of power on the table especially if your have more than one 30’ cable connected together. . The HPP cables are rated for 45 amps, the Yeti solar panels put out between 14-22 watts, this works out to a minimum watt capacity of 630 watts, but beware, longer runs with watt outputs over 300 may have some loss of total output. Hope this helps! Wish Goal Zero would publish some of this information on their website but I did the work for you so you don’t’ have to buy everything to find out -Cheers!

As described and what was expected

I use this cord with my Jackery 300 and it’s absolutely perfect! Very sturdy and feels very quality in my hand. And usually when you use a long cord to charge your batteries from Solar you lose a good chunk of power because the cord is so long. But I find that with this cord I only lose about 5W which is hardly noticeable. I highly recommend this product and have nothing negative to say about it!

Now I can slide open my sunroof just a bit, and connect to my Nomad that I have attached to my roof rack. If I'm camping alone I will put it out on the ground, but with others it just becomes a trip hazzard. I'm thinking about striping it with yellow and red electric tape so others will LOOK and see that I have a wire out on my campsite. Works very well and I cAn get my kit out into the sun for optimal power generation.

If you own Goal Zero products such as solar panels or power banks, this cable is a must. It has a male 8mm connector on one end and a female 8mm connector on the other end. The cable thickness is around 14 gauge size. It is an adequate size cable so that excessive heat loss really won't be a factor. Using this cable allows flexible positioning of the solar panel away from my Goal Zero Yeti 400, and plugs directly into the Yeti 400 and into Goal Zero Boulder 100 solar panel briefcase. I have several of these cables, and I really see no noticeable difference in input voltage to the Yeti 400 using this cable versus a shorter cable. This cable can also be attached to solar panels other than Goal Zero by using adapters that go from 8mm to whatever is on the other brand of solar panel probably MC4. Adapters are sold that go from 8mm to MC4 and 8mm to Anderson Powerpole.

I purchased separately a 12VDC to 16VDC voltage transformer. I connected the input to a cigarette lighter adapter plug and the output to 8' of cable with the male 8mm connector. This enables charging of my Yeti 400 from my van without an inverter. The other piece of cable with the female 8mm connector has clamps at the other end and can deliver electricity from the photovoltaic panel. I was born to fiddle. I can't be helped.

Benutze das Kabel seit ein paar Monaten in Kombination mit einem 100-Watt-Solarpanel und einer GZ Yeti 200X Power Station. Das Kabel hat bisher gute Dienste geleistet.

great quality and serves its purpose well- value added

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Cable is thin enough to pass thru a UPVC window left on the latch.