chick cozy coop doors cord extension?

[sapien gallus]

recently i picked up one of these all solar chick cozy automatic coop door rigs (version 2.0). i am needing a little more distance than the 6.5 feet provided between the solar panel and the doors. the best i can tell, the ends of the cords connecting the two components are something like an M12 plug with a plastic shield that screws over the union. has anyone been in this situation before and found something to use as an extension cord between the doors and the charging box?

the summer months provide less light to my coops that i am unsure will be sufficient to charge the batteries. this could all be overkill, but given i am going to have to modify my houses to install these so to make my old doors obsolete, i would like to be confident they will charge before i am engineering some wacky, interim system to secure my ladies. all electrical information (both inside and out of the solar panel box) and photos of the plugs are included. any help would be most appreciated.

 

[Debbie292d]

I just had hubby who is an electrician look at this. He said what he'd do is buy a 14-gauge extension cord, cut the ends off of your cord and the extension cord, and splice the cord in. He's guessing that's only a 3-wire, hot, cold, and neutral.

Otherwise, you'd have to special order it, which would be costly.

www.renogy.com is one place where we've gotten solar supplies from.

 

[perkolator]

I would splice it with an extension cord too. If you wanted to buy something, you can lookup "4-pin connector" and you'll see both extensions and pigtails to wire yourself, but DIY splicing is the cheapest route.

 

[sapien gallus]

excellent. good to know. i have never dealt with these plugs before. they look a lot like those "aviation cables" that are for back-up cameras which i would imagine have different innards than these ones.

the manufacturer reached out and (kindly) said they do not make an extension cable, but did offer this much as for the electrical requirements:

"regarding your question about voltage: 5V solar panel → charges a 3.2V battery → boosts to 6V to power the motor"

i have found some 4-pin, M12 extension used for industrial automation and profibus applications for around $20. they are mostly a 22 AWG wire. does this seem like it would work with this rating of electricity?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D4GY6K9Y?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

if i do go the splicing route, would you all suggest using 14 AWG? that wouldn't be to hot and fry my rig? i apologize for my sub-rudimentary knowledge of electrical current. thank you for your feedback.