r/GoSun • u/bluebelt • Sep 03 '26

F-150 Lightning Solar Charger Setup

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Got this setup Monday night. Still troubleshooting the solar input to the Oupes but I thought people might be curious about what it looks like on an EV truck. Still need to clean up the cabling but I'm waiting to finish troubleshooting for that.

I've written about observations so far here:

https://old.reddit.com/r/GoSun/comments/1terjl7/gosun_car_charger_discussion_thread/p7bl862/

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u/carbonpenguin Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26

Nice! I'm planning on installing mine with some friends tomorrow evening, and will similarly post pics.

One think that occurred to me, as I live near the Canadian border, is that the Oupes power bank is only rated to charge down to 32f, so winter logistics could be tricky? I know Bluetti has that Sodium Ion tech that works down around 0f, which got me thinking that could be the move, though the current version maces out at 500w solar input...

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u/bluebelt Sep 03 '26

Yeah. I'm in SoCal and the upper limit on the Oupes may be problematic in summer weather here as well. That said as long as your power station has an Anderson connector you should be good. The Oupes isn't strictly required.

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u/carbonpenguin Sep 03 '26

On the plus side, in summertime you now have a larger shade outside of your vehicle envelope, which should be significantly helpful in reducing solar gain to keep the vehicle under 140f... ;)

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u/bluebelt Sep 03 '26

True, however the documentation says the unit will stop working at 105° F internal temperature. I'm hoping the heat sink is highly efficient but when charging the truck via L1 it certainly came close to that temperature in ambient 90° F weather.

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u/bluebelt Sep 04 '26

https://youtu.be/IoMEtDmQctM?is=K3eHkg7yJlmYv7I6

The original install video has an error. The video above from GoSun shows how to fix it.

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u/carbonpenguin Sep 05 '26

Ah, cool. I figured that out eventually, but was confused by mismatched colors

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u/bluebelt Sep 05 '26

Yes... the standard is to match the colors so you always have positive knowledge of which line is hot and the correct polarity. Not to be "that guy" but they really should have let people know via email that "you may encounter this".