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36 volts is strange. But also the power supply you mentioned only outputs 20V max.

Edit: also, this supply is a little strange. The specs say input voltage can range from 24-48V, but the image they have shows an input of 24-28V.

36 volts is common on ebikes, especially fleet bikes (Citi, Divvy, Lime, etc.) and other class 1's which comply with the 250 W limit, which means there's a lot of cheap cycled-out (ahaha) equipment floating around. It is otherwise unusual though for sure; fortunately a lot of 48 V stuff is happy on 36 V.
I sell various 12V cables for the Starlink Mini

They’re almost universally returned

If it were me I’d just bite the bullet and make it a 48V only device to simplify things

Current arrangement is just a headache for non-technical consumers

I’m agnostic to the connector but really frustrated with consumers expecting any old 12-24 volt source will work

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