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Solar panels for the Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2

Written by Ian Schneider·Solar & Off-Grid Tester

The C2000 Gen 2 has one solar socket, and Anker's spec row gives it 11 to 60 volts, 17 amps and 800 W. The 17 amps holds from the bottom of that window to the top. Anker's C1000 and C1000 Gen 2 change their current limit as the panel voltage climbs. This one keeps a single figure. Thirty-one of the forty-one panels we track publish a voltage, and all thirty-one sit under 60.

Behind the socket is 2048 Wh, and nothing we track fills 800 W. The nearest is two of Renogy's 590 W rigid panels at 743 W, which has the battery full in a little under three hours of good sun. One 200 W folding panel gives about 144 W and needs about fourteen hours.

For a battery this size I'd stop thinking in single panels. At the cabin I'd give it two of Jackery's SolarSaga 500 X folders, 709 W between them and about three hours to full. The station weighs 41.7 pounds and each folder 23.15. On that trip up the steps the panels are the heavier end.

The door
11–60 V
Its width
800 W
Plug
XT60i
Full battery, best case
~2.6 h
Anker SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 portable power station
Anker's port diagram gives the XT60i input the number 13 and the car socket the number 2, and nowhere says one does the other's job.

The door

Every panel we track, lined up at the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2's solar input

Every panel we track with a published voltage, in a row by that voltage. The figure is the open-circuit voltage, Voc on the label, what a panel shows in sun with nothing connected to it. The black line is 60 V. Anker publishes 11 to 60 as the window and never says in so many words that the 60 is an open-circuit figure. I'd read it as one and leave a margin.

The pale cap on each bar is what a −10 °C morning adds, about 10%. The tallest bar, Renogy's 590 W rigid at 52.63 V, keeps clear of the line with the cap on. Ten panels are missing because they publish a working voltage only, and Anker's own folding panels are among them. A figure we haven't seen stays off the chart.

Hover a bar for the panel's name. If your panel isn't here, type its Voc into the field below and it takes a place in the row with the rest.

Swipe sideways for the whole line-up.

020406080volts, open-circuit+1++yours?60 V · the lintel11 V · the step

Hover or tap a bar for the panel’s name and its verdict.

  • Fits through the door
  • Too tall
  • Extra height on a −10 °C morning
  • Maker prints only the operating voltage; the real height is above the dashes
  • 1Our pick: BLUETTI 350W

What we'd buy

The best solar panel for the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2

Picked by the numbers on this station, not by brand.

Best overall

BLUETTI 350W Solar Panel (PV350)

3 panels deliver 629 W.

Check price at BLUETTI

Best value

Eco-Worthy 200W Flexible HJT Solar Panel 18V ETFE 18BB (GW-L02AM200HJT2)

About $1.26 for every watt it actually delivers here. 3 panels deliver 427 W.

Check price at Eco-Worthy

Best to carry

Renogy 200W Portable Solar Panel Blanket (RPP200SB-SE)

144 W from a 8.82 lb panel, the most delivered watts per pound.

Check price at Renogy

A day on solar

How long the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 takes to charge on solar

A little over two and a half hours, with the input full at 800 W. Nothing we track gets it there. One 200 W folding panel gives about 144 W in real sun and needs about fourteen hours. One 100 W panel, about 72 W and about twenty-eight hours.

A good day has 3 to 6 hours of sun that strong. Fourteen hours of it is a few days of weather. Twenty-eight is a week of it, and on a January week at the cabin I wouldn't bet on the sun turning up for all of it. The system builder works out your state and month.

a good day's sun: 3 to 6 h0 h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 h7 h8 h9 h10 h11 h12 h13 h14 h15 h16 h17 h18 h19 h20 h21 h22 h23 h24 h25 h26 h27 h28 h29 hInput full (800 W) · full in 2.6 hOne 200 W panel (144 W delivered) · full in 14.2 hOne 100 W panel (72 W delivered) · full in 28.4 h

Hours of good sun, from empty. Where you live and the month decide how many of those a day gives; the system builder works it out.

Every panel that fits

Solar panels compatible with the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2

Thirty-one fit. For each one: the cable that gets it into the XT60i socket, what a single panel delivers in good sun, and the most the C2000 Gen 2 will take from a set. Nothing plugs straight in. Eleven want an MC4-to-XT60i lead, MC4 being the weatherproof push-together pair on the back of most rigid panels. Three Jackery panels want Anderson, four want Jackery's DC8020 barrel plug. Anker's product page puts a 15A AC Charging Cable in the box and no solar lead, so the cable goes on the order with the panel. Sorted by delivered watts.

Own a panel that isn't in the line-up?

Type its voltage into the door chart above for the height test, then put the rest of the label into the panel checker, already set to the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2, for current and plug too. Or build the whole system to see how it keeps up where you live.

The plain answers

How long does the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 take to charge on solar?

One 100 W panel delivers about 72 W in good sun and refills the 2048 Wh battery from empty in about 28.4 hours.

One 200 W panel delivers about 144 W in good sun and refills the 2048 Wh battery from empty in about 14.2 hours.

At its 800 W solar limit it refills in about 2.6 hours. More panel watts than that won't charge it any faster.

A day gives three to six hours of sun that good, depending on season and place, so one 100 W panel takes 5 to 10 days to fill it. The system builder works it out for your state and month.

What adapter does the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 need for solar?

Every panel we track needs a cable to reach its XT60i input. None comes in the box.

The cables they need: MC4 to XT60i (11 panels), DC8020 to XT60i (4 panels), Anderson to XT60i (3 panels), DC5521 to XT60i (2 panels) and XT60 to XT60i (1 panel).

10 panels don't have a named plug from their maker, so check the lead before you buy a cable.

Can you use non-Anker solar panels with the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2?

Yes. What decides it is the panel's voltage and plug, not the brand. 31 panels from Renogy, Jackery, Anker SOLIX, EcoFlow, BLUETTI, Eco-Worthy and Rich Solar work with it, as long as the panel stays under 60 V on a cold morning and starts above 11 V.

The strongest single panels here are the Renogy 590W N-Type Bifacial (425 W delivered) and the Jackery SolarSaga 500 X (360 W delivered).

Can you connect two solar panels to the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2?

Yes, joined into one input with a series or parallel cable.

Don't wire two BLUETTI PV100 FX Flexible panels in series: together they would pass its 60 V limit. Parallel them instead.

Past 800 W delivered, more panels only help on cloudy days.

What is the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2's solar input?

XT60i Input Port (spec row: "PV /XT-60i Input"): 11–60 V, up to 17 A, 800 W.

Input limits from Anker's documents, checked 2026-09-18 (source). Delivered watts assume 72% of the panel's rating in good sun.