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Solar panels for the Anker SOLIX F3800

Written by Ian Schneider·Solar & Off-Grid Tester

Anker gave the F3800 two solar inputs and rated each one for 1200 W, so 2400 W between them. Both are XT60 sockets, a yellow DC plug about the size of a sugar cube, and both accept 11 to 60 volts. Thirty-one of the forty-one panels we track publish a voltage. All thirty-one sit under 60.

Nothing we track fills it. The biggest set we can build is four of Renogy's 590 W rigid panels, 1700 W delivered, and the 3840 Wh battery is full in a little over two hours. One 200 W folding panel gives about 144 W and needs about twenty-seven hours.

At 132.3 pounds this is not a station that comes out to the deck with me. I'd stand it by the cabin's south wall and feed it from rigid panels that never move. The folding panels go back in their bag.

The door
11–60 V
Its width
2400 W
Plug
XT60
Full battery, best case
~1.6 h
Anker SOLIX F3800 portable power station
Anker packs the solar cable. The manual calls it the Solar to XT60 Charging Cable and the product page calls the same item the MC4-to-XT60 Charging Cable. One lead, two names.

The door

Every panel we track, lined up at the SOLIX F3800's solar input

Every panel we track with a published voltage, in a line by that voltage. The figure is the open-circuit voltage, Voc on the back label, what a panel puts out in sun with nothing connected to it. The black line is 60 V, the F3800's ceiling on each socket. Anker's manual says voltage over 60 will damage it. No bar gets there.

The pale cap on each bar is the extra a −10 °C morning adds, about 10%. The tallest panel on the chart, Renogy's 590 W rigid, reads 52.63 V on its label and stays under the line with the cap on. Ten panels are missing because they publish only a working voltage, Vmp, and no Voc. Four of Anker's own folding panels, the PS100 Bifacial, the PS200, the PS200 Bifacial and the PS400 Bifacial, are among them. A sticker we haven't read stays off the chart.

Hover a bar for the panel's name. If you own a panel that isn't here, type its Voc into the field and the chart puts it in the line with the others.

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 F3800

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

Best overall

BLUETTI 350W Solar Panel (PV350)

4 panels deliver 1008 W.

Check price at BLUETTI

Best value

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

About $1.25 for every watt it actually delivers here. 4 panels deliver 576 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 F3800 takes to charge on solar

About an hour and a half, with both inputs full. Nothing we track gets them there. The best overall pick, four Jackery SolarSaga 500 X panels, delivers 1440 W and takes a little under three hours. One 200 W folding panel delivers about 144 W and takes about twenty-seven hours. One 100 W panel, about 72 W and about fifty-three hours.

A good day has three to six hours of sun that strong. The four-panel set finishes inside one of them. One folding panel is a week of good weather, and on the Truckee side of the pass in January I'd give it longer. 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 h30 h31 h32 h33 h34 h35 h36 h37 h38 h39 h40 h41 h42 h43 h44 h45 h46 h47 h48 h49 h50 h51 h52 h53 h54 hInput full (2400 W) · full in 1.6 hOne 200 W panel (144 W delivered) · full in 26.7 hOne 100 W panel (72 W delivered) · full in 53.3 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 F3800

Thirty-one fit, and Anker's own 440 W rigid is one of them. For each: the cable that gets it to an XT60 socket, what one panel delivers in good sun, and the most the F3800 will take from a set. Eleven want an MC4-to-XT60 lead, MC4 being the weatherproof pair of plugs on the back of most rigid panels. Anker ships that lead in the box. Four Jackery panels want DC8020-to-XT60, Jackery's barrel plug. One plugs straight in with no adapter, EcoFlow's 125 W modular rigid. 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 F3800, 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 F3800 take to charge on solar?

One 100 W panel delivers about 72 W in good sun and refills the 3840 Wh battery from empty in about 53.3 hours.

One 200 W panel delivers about 144 W in good sun and refills the 3840 Wh battery from empty in about 26.7 hours.

At its 2400 W solar limit it refills in about 1.6 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 9 to 18 days to fill it. The system builder works it out for your state and month.

What adapter does the SOLIX F3800 need for solar?

None, if the panel's plug is XT60: EcoFlow 125W Bifacial Modular plugs straight in.

The cables the other panels need: MC4 to XT60 (11 panels), DC8020 to XT60 (4 panels), Anderson to XT60 (3 panels) and DC5521 to XT60 (2 panels).

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 F3800?

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 F3800?

Yes. It has 2 solar inputs, so the simplest way is one panel on each. Use the same panel model on both. Anker's inputs share a controller, and mismatched panels hold each other back.

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

Past 2400 W delivered, more panels only help on cloudy days.

What is the SOLIX F3800's solar input?

Solar Panel Input 1: 11–60 V, up to 27 A, 1200 W. Solar Panel Input 2: 11–60 V, up to 27 A, 1200 W. 2400 W across all inputs together.

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

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