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Solar panels for the Jackery HomePower 3600 Pro Max

Written by Ian Schneider·Solar & Off-Grid Tester

Jackery rates the HomePower 3600 Pro Max for 1200 W of solar through two DC8020 sockets, the round DC plug that four of Jackery's own folding panels already end in. Each socket accepts 12 to 60 volts. Thirty-one of the forty-one panels we track publish a voltage, seven of them Jackery's, and all thirty-one sit under 60. The ceiling never comes into it.

With the ceiling out of the way, the question is how much of 1200 W you can put in front of it. No panel we track fills it, alone or as a set. Four of Jackery's SolarSaga 500 X deliver 1000 W, and at that rate the 3584 Wh battery is full in a little over three and a half hours of good sun. Four of Renogy's 590 W rigid panels edge past them at 1048 W. One 200 W folding panel on its own is about twenty-five hours. The 500 X weighs 23.15 pounds, and four of them is more panel than I'd carry up to the cabin in one trip.

The door
12–60 V
Its width
1200 W
Plug
DC8020
Full battery, best case
~3 h
Jackery HomePower 3600 Pro Max portable power station
Jackery's spec table for this model is a picture, and the manual would not download. The solar figures here come from Jackery answering a customer's question lower down the product page.

The door

Every panel we track, lined up at the HomePower 3600 Pro Max's solar input

Every panel we track with a published voltage, shortest bar to tallest. Height is the open-circuit voltage, Voc on the back label, what a panel puts out in sun before anything draws from it. The black line is 60 V. No bar gets there.

The pale cap on each bar is the ten percent a −10 °C morning adds, because cold cells run at a higher voltage. That is why I check a panel on my deck in January and not in July. On this station the caps are academic. Even with them on, nothing reaches 60.

Hover a bar for its panel. If you own one already, type its Voc into the field and it takes its place in the line.

Swipe sideways for the whole line-up.

020406080volts, open-circuit+1++yours?60 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: BLUETTI 350W

What we'd buy

The best solar panel for the HomePower 3600 Pro Max

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

Best overall

BLUETTI 350W Solar Panel (PV350)

4 panels deliver 888 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 HomePower 3600 Pro Max takes to charge on solar

About three hours, if the input were full. Nothing we track gets it there. Four of Jackery's SolarSaga 500 X deliver 1000 W and take a little over three and a half hours. Four of Renogy's 590 W rigid panels do a touch better at 1048 W.

Below that, the hours stretch. One 200 W folding panel gives about 144 W in real sun and needs about twenty-five hours. One 100 W panel gives about 72 W and needs about fifty. A good day has three to six hours of sun that strong, so a single panel on a 3584 Wh battery is a job measured in days. The system builder works out what your state and the month allow.

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 hInput full (1200 W) · full in 3 hOne 200 W panel (144 W delivered) · full in 24.9 hOne 100 W panel (72 W delivered) · full in 49.8 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 HomePower 3600 Pro Max

Thirty-one fit, seven of them Jackery's. Four of those plug straight into the DC8020 socket with no adapter. The rest need a lead from the panel's own plug to DC8020, most often from MC4, the weatherproof snap-together connector rigid panels end in. For each panel: that cable, what one delivers in good sun, and the most the station takes from a set. 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 HomePower 3600 Pro Max, 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 HomePower 3600 Pro Max take to charge on solar?

One 100 W panel delivers about 72 W in good sun and refills the 3584 Wh battery from empty in about 49.8 hours.

One 200 W panel delivers about 144 W in good sun and refills the 3584 Wh battery from empty in about 24.9 hours.

At its 1200 W solar limit it refills in about 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 9 to 17 days to fill it. The system builder works it out for your state and month.

What adapter does the HomePower 3600 Pro Max need for solar?

None, if the panel's plug is DC8020: Jackery SolarSaga 200W, Jackery SolarSaga 100 Air, Jackery SolarSaga 80W and 1 other plug straight in.

The cables the other panels need: MC4 to DC8020 (11 panels), Anderson to DC8020 (3 panels), DC5521 to DC8020 (2 panels) and XT60 to DC8020 (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-Jackery solar panels with the HomePower 3600 Pro Max?

Yes. What decides it is the panel's voltage and plug, not the brand. 24 panels from Renogy, 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 12 V.

The strongest single panels here are the Renogy 590W N-Type Bifacial (425 W delivered) and the Anker SOLIX 440W Rigid (317 W delivered).

Can you connect two solar panels to the HomePower 3600 Pro Max?

Yes. It has 2 solar inputs, so the simplest way is one panel on each. Use the same panel model on both. Jackery'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 1200 W delivered, more panels only help on cloudy days.

What is the HomePower 3600 Pro Max's solar input?

DC Input, DC8020 port 1 of 2: 12–60 V, up to 12 A. DC Input, DC8020 port 2 of 2: 12–60 V, up to 12 A. 1200 W across all inputs together.

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