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Solar panels for the DJI Power 1000

Written by Ian Schneider·Solar & Off-Grid Tester

The DJI Power 1000 has no solar socket. Sun gets in through the DJI Power Solar Panel Adapter Module, a $59 box DJI sells separately. It plugs into one of the station's SDC ports, the connectors DJI keeps for its own accessories. Facing the panels are three XT60 sockets, the yellow DC plug that most solar leads end in. The MPPT in its name is the maximum power point tracker, the circuit that holds a panel at its most productive voltage. On most stations that circuit is inside. On this one it is an accessory.

The module accepts 12 to 30 volts and takes up to 200 W from each panel, 400 W in all. DJI's FAQ says what happens above 30: the module and the station can both be damaged. Seventeen of the forty-one panels we track stay under that line. Eighteen read higher on the label. None of the forty-one is DJI's own. The company sells the module and leaves the panel to you.

The station takes two modules at once, and our catalogue carries 800 W for the pair. DJI prints the 400 per module and leaves the sum unwritten. At 800 W the 1024 Wh battery would be full in about an hour and twenty minutes of good sun. No set of panels we track gets the input there. Four EcoFlow NextGen 220W Bifacial panels come closest at 634 W, full in a little over an hour and a half. For a weekend at the cabin I'd buy the module before I argued about panels.

Solar charging needs the DJI Power Solar Panel Adapter Module (MPPT), sold separately.

The door
12–30 V
Its width
800 W
Plug
XT60
Full battery, best case
~1.3 h
DJI Power 1000 portable power station
The station's own spec page has no solar row. Every solar figure here comes from the adapter module's listing, which DJI shares with the Power 500 and the Power 2000.

The door

Every panel we track, lined up at the Power 1000's solar input

Every panel we track, standing in a line by the voltage on its label. That figure is the open-circuit voltage, Voc on the sticker, what a panel puts out in sun with nothing connected to it. The black line is 30 V, the module's ceiling. DJI writes it as less than 30, so a bar that touches the line is over it.

The pale cap on each bar is what a cold morning adds, about 10% at −10 °C. Three panels clear 30 only with the cap on. The BLUETTI SORA 60 reads 27.5 V warm. Give it a −10 °C morning and it lands just over the line, on a module with no tolerance written into its limit. I wouldn't bring it up to the cabin for this station.

One more thing the chart cannot show. The module has three sockets so that three panels can sit side by side, each on its own plug. Wire two of them end to end instead, in series, and their voltages add. Any two of the seventeen that fit would add up past 30.

Hover a bar for the panel's name. If you already own a panel, type its Voc into the field under the chart and it takes its place in the line.

Swipe sideways for the whole line-up.

010203040506070volts, open-circuit1+++yours?30 V · the lintel12 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: EcoFlow NextGen 220W Bifacial

What we'd buy

The best solar panel for the Power 1000

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

Best overall

EcoFlow NextGen 220W Bifacial Portable Solar Panel

4 panels deliver 634 W.

Check price at EcoFlow

Best value

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

About $1.67 for every watt it actually delivers here. 4 panels deliver 576 W.

Check price at Renogy

A day on solar

How long the Power 1000 takes to charge on solar

About an hour and twenty minutes, if both modules were full. Nothing we track manages that, so the tick is a ceiling rather than a plan. Four 220 W panels have the battery full in a little over an hour and a half. One 200 W folding panel gives about 144 W in real sun and needs about seven hours. One 100 W panel gives about 72 W and needs about fourteen hours.

A good day has three to six hours of sun that strong. The four-panel set fills the Power 1000 before the morning is over. One 200 W panel takes a long day, and one 100 W panel does not finish in one. Where you live and what month it is decide how many of those days you get. The system builder has those figures by state.

a good day's sun: 3 to 6 h0 h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 h7 h8 h9 h10 h11 h12 h13 h14 h15 hInput full (800 W) · full in 1.3 hOne 200 W panel (144 W delivered) · full in 7.1 hOne 100 W panel (72 W delivered) · full in 14.2 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 Power 1000

Seventeen fit. For each: the cable it needs to reach the module, what one panel delivers in good sun, and the most the station will take from a set of them. Nothing plugs straight in. Seven want an MC4-to-XT60 lead, MC4 being the weatherproof plug on the back of most rigid and many folding panels, and DJI sells that cable too. Sorted by delivered watts.

Too tall

Solar panels that won't work with the Power 1000

Eighteen panels read over 30 V on the label, and every panel we track rated above 220 W is among them. The Renogy 590W N-Type Bifacial, the EcoFlow 400W, BLUETTI's SORA 500 and the Anker SOLIX PS200 were built for stations with far taller inputs. On those they are fine. This module would see more voltage than it was built for, and DJI's warning names the station as well as the module.

Three only cross on a cold morning: the BLUETTI SORA 60, the Jackery SolarSaga 80W and the Eco-Worthy 200W Flexible. The Eco-Worthy reads 29.1 V warm and has the least room of the three. DJI also asks that no single panel exceed 200 W, so the big rigid ones would be out on two counts.

I wouldn't put any of these near it, the cold-only three included. They have other stations to go home to.

Over the 30 V lintel (18)

No verdict (6): the maker doesn't publish an open-circuit voltage

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 Power 1000, 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 Power 1000 take to charge on solar?

One 100 W panel delivers about 72 W in good sun and refills the 1024 Wh battery from empty in about 14.2 hours.

One 200 W panel delivers about 144 W in good sun and refills the 1024 Wh battery from empty in about 7.1 hours.

At its 800 W solar limit it refills in about 1.3 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 3 to 5 days to fill it. The system builder works it out for your state and month.

What adapter does the Power 1000 need for solar?

Every panel we track needs a cable to reach its XT60 input.

The cables they need: MC4 to XT60 (7 panels), DC8020 to XT60 (2 panels), Anderson to XT60 (2 panels) and DC5521 to XT60 (1 panel).

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

Can you use non-DJI solar panels with the Power 1000?

Yes. What decides it is the panel's voltage and plug, not the brand. 17 panels from EcoFlow, BLUETTI, Jackery, Renogy, Rich Solar and Eco-Worthy work with it, as long as the panel stays under 30 V on a cold morning and starts above 12 V.

The strongest single panels here are the EcoFlow NextGen 220W Bifacial Portable (158 W delivered) and the BLUETTI PV200 (144 W delivered).

Can you connect two solar panels to the Power 1000?

Yes. It has 2 solar inputs, so the simplest way is one panel on each.

Don't wire two BLUETTI SP100L panels in series: together they would pass its 30 V limit. Parallel them instead.

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

What is the Power 1000's solar input?

SDC port via DJI Power Solar Panel Adapter Module (MPPT) - module exposes 3 x XT60 to panels: 12–30 V, up to 20 A, 400 W. second DJI Power Solar Panel Adapter Module (MPPT) - DJI states two modules may be used at once but does not say which physical port the second one uses: 12–30 V, up to 20 A, 400 W.

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