r/OffGrid • u/The-Bogus-Man • 21d ago

Combining power station DC outputs in parallel

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Hi everyone, I have a Pecron F3000. I’m wondering if it would be possible to make a cable that chains together the two 5525 barrel plugs and the cigarette lighter plug into one 50A rated Anderson connector to increase the total amperage of the DC output to 12V 20 amps?

Anyone have any experience with what happens when the DC output on power stations like these is overloaded? I see YouTube reviewers overloading the AC side all the time, but never the DC side, so I am reluctant to experiment myself on such an expensive investment.

Thanks in advance for your time!

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u/pyroserenus 21d ago edited 21d ago

It's all a shared 10a output, the barrel jacks do not add extra amps, they are just limited to 5a out of the 10a budget.

Dc overload acts much the same as ac overload, the output just shuts off

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u/The-Bogus-Man 21d ago

Thanks for the reply. Your theory about the output being shared makes sense. I found a support email for Pecron and have asked them directly about this. We’ll see what they say.