Do you have a Goal Zero Yeti and are looking for ways to charge it faster? Today’s post is about five different ways you can do this.<\/p>\n
I travel fulltime in my travel trailer and do a lot of camping off-grid. This means that to use my laptop and all the other electronics in my camper, I need some portable power.<\/p>\n
So I bought a Goal Zero Yeti 1000<\/a>. It has been great so far, and it can run everything in my camper except for the AC. It even runs the microwave!<\/p>\n I have 400 watts of solar so on a sunny day, my Yeti can go from 0% in the morning to 100% in the afternoon.<\/p>\n It used to take longer, but I have learned a couple of things you can do to speed up the charging time, and that’s what I am going to share with you today.<\/p>\n Related Post: How To Use Third-Party Panels With Goal Zero Yeti<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The first thing everybody should do (unless you have the Yeti 3000 which comes with the MPPT controller) is to invest in the Goal Zero MPPT Charge Controller<\/a>. It’s compatible with the Yeti 1000<\/a>, and Yeti 1400<\/a>.<\/p>\n It’s a big improvement over the built-in PWM solar charge controller and will speed up the charging time. Goal Zero advertises up to 40% more charging efficiency with the MPPT charger vs the PWM. You’ll even see an improvement when using the wall charger.<\/p>\n When used with solar panels, it will improve the charging efficiency the most, especially in the morning, late afternoon, and on cloudy days.<\/p>\n It’s easy to install and definitely the easiest way to improve the charging speed.<\/p>\n It took a couple of years, but Goal Zero has finally released a 12V cigarette lighter charger<\/a>\u00a0for the Yeti power stations.<\/p>\n If you’re traveling in an RV, or van, and have the Yeti nearby when you’re driving, you’re going to like this.<\/p>\n It has two settings, 5A and 10A, meaning that you can choose to input 60W or 120W into the Yeti when you’re driving.<\/p>\n Pair it with solar panels on top of your vehicle, and the Yeti will charge much quicker than by solar on its own.<\/p>\n Another way to charge your Goal Zero Yeti in a vehicle without buying the car charger would be to get an inverter like the BESTEK 500W Power Inverter<\/a> and plug your regular wall charger into this while driving.<\/p>\n Before doing this you need to check how many amps the 12V cigarette port in your vehicle can output. You don’t want to blow a fuse by trying to drain too much power from the port.<\/p>\n Another accessory that people have been asking for is a faster wall charger.<\/p>\n Goal Zero finally released the Yeti X 600W<\/a> which can do much more than 100W, it can output up to 600W.<\/p>\n Unfortunately, it’s only compatible with the Yeti X power stations like Yeti 1500X and larger. Not the older Yeti Lithium batteries, or the smaller Yeti X.<\/p>\n The most obvious way to charge a Yeti faster is to add more solar panels, but did you know you could also buy an additional 5A wall charger<\/a> to double or triple the charging speed?<\/p>\n The YouTuber Todd Parker went even further (before the 25A fast charger was released) and combined four wall chargers.<\/p>\nFive Ways To Speed Up The Goal Zero Yeti Charging<\/h2>\n
1. Goal Zero MPPT Charge Controller<\/a><\/h3>\n
2. Goal Zero Car Charger<\/a><\/h3>\n
3. Goal Zero Yeti X 600W Fast Charger<\/a><\/h3>\n
4. More solar panels\/chargers<\/h3>\n