When I purchased the Jackery 2000, it came with Solar saga 500 x panels and 1 cable. I have to run it with 3 panels tied together x 2. The cable that came with it was between 15 and 20 feet. I purchased another from Amazon because I could not find it on Jackery's website. The most I have gotten out of those panels is around 395 watts. I use them to charge both Jackery's. On my last outage I had both Jackery's plugged in to the generator, and the 2000 was taking in 1400 watts and the 1000 was taking in 800 (if I remember correctly). Also, the 2000 is very heavy, so I keep it on a furniture mover in my office, don't like the handle and wheels that are part of the 2000.Wow, great plan!I have a Jackery 2000 and a Champion 5500 Inverter/generator dual fuel electric start. I have had 3 power outages so far this year. Planned or not, when the power goes out, I wheel my Jackery into the family room and plug in my router/tv/sound bar into the Jackery. I then pull the fridge away from the wall and run and extension cord to the Jackery. This buys me about 4 hours to position the generator in the back by the family room window. I have a pass thru device in my window screen where I can run an extension cord out to the generator. I run it on propane. When the Jackery gets down to about 25%, I start the generator until it gets back to 85%, then shut it off. This is my plan for future outages. I also have a Jackery 1000 V2 that I plug lights and our electric recliners. One outage, I used the 1000 to run the Fridge and the TV/Router powered by solar panels. This is doable if the outage occurs middle of the day when the sun is shining.
Can I please ask what you see as a reasonable cable length for charging solar? Are you using the Jackery foldable panels? (I have 2, 200w each).
I was wondering about the loss through the cables. Thanks!
Statistics: Posted by mjdaniel — Thu Oct 09, 2025 6:25 pm — Replies 78 — Views 4644