Oupes Mega-1 and Guardian 6000 expansion battery port plug
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Several YouTube channels have discovered that you don't necessarily need to buy the Oupes expansion battery (expensive) but can instead use a regular 51.2VDC LiFePO4 battery with an Oupes expansion battery cable that has been cut in half and terminated with ring terminals on one end. You plug the connector end into the Oupes portable power station and bolt the ring terminals to your 51.2VDC LiFePO4 battery. The problem is that the Oupes expansion battery cables are expensive and somewhat hard to find. So, I designed the power station end connector to be printed and assembled at home.
DISCLAIMER: This do it yourself connector setup is not sponsored, tested or endorsed by Oupes. I take no responsibility or liability in any way for any problems or damage that using it may cause. Also, this is a connector print job, not a tutorial on how to build one step by step. If you try it, you're on your own.
If you choose to try it, you'll need:
1 each connector pins housing printed by you
1 each connector pins shell printed by you
4 each MC4 solar connector female pins designed for 8AWG stranded wire. I used these, which have more than you need and come with both sexes, others may work; https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CR42ZD6C?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1&th=1
Red 8AWG flexible, stranded, insulated wire, long enough to reach twice the distance from your power station to your extra battery (By the numbers, you MUST use two sets of wires in each connector in order…
