20 Best All-In-One Solar Charge Controller Inverter (2023 Updated)

I can’t run anything from this inverter. The microwave just makes a loud, scary buzzing sound, and it barely warms up the food. My computers’ UPS won’t even consider it a valid source of AC power, so it just keeps running from battery.

My computer monitor would just buzz like crazy. The only thing I can run from it is the fridge, but seeing what it’s doing to my other appliances, I’m worried about damaging the fridge. This inverter is pretty much unusable.

On/off control via a long wired pad is unsuitable for outdoor applications. Sometimes it beeps continuously as input voltage drops,I thought. Package is designed for surface mount to the wall.

Tried a few 120V home appliances, including my refrigerator which consumes 140W, and it works fine. Easy to use. Good finish quality. Completely silent when working lightly. A fan turns on and off when the load is higher, but it’s not too noisy.

I also like the remote control. So far, so good. I love my power inverter!.

Great unit and great price. Replaced factory Converter in my 5th wheel with this to be able to charge batteries safely and run some 110v appliances. Should have gotten a 2000w to be able to run multiple devices at once but this one will work for now.

Easy to set up. I used 3/0 cable to power the inverter and the cable fits well into the covers provided on the back of the unit. Still need to get an electrician friend to stop by and assist in hooking up the ac lines so I can use it to charge my batteries off of the grid.

This is the exact same inverter as the AIMS branded model that you’ll find on other sites. Had a problem with my first unit, renogy replaced at no charge and have been up and running since for over a year with no issue.

Running a 24v 1200 watt array into a 12v battery bank with this inverter to power my house off grid. Idle power consumption runs around 20 watts and the charger feature that you can hard wire into a generator is a great backup for long periods of clouds.

All in all it’s a great unit for the price.

I’ve been using this charge controller for over 2. 5 years now. This is the best MPPT charge controller I have used. The bluetooth feature is great though it is pretty short range. The app is nice, easy to use, and keeps track of the power generation data and charge state of the batteries.

It keeps a 30 day log of things like max daily PV power output, time spent in bulk, absorption, and floating charge modes, and how much energy was generated each day and a lifetime total. To date my small 600w system has generated over 1.

5 megawatts of solar energy. A big plus and one of the main reasons I got this unit is that it is passively cooled by fins on the back. No moving parts and no loud fan. Installation was a breeze and I like that you can add more of these in parallel to increase your power generation if needed.

I purchased this charge controller to see if it would bring in more power than the one I was currently using which was the Tristar 45 PWM controller. There is a lot of mixed information out there about whether MPPT actually makes much difference or not.

Some say that they increase power by as much as 30 percent and some say that this only rarely happens. Because of the mixed information, I put off buying an MPPT controller for a couple years. I have now had this controller through a summer, fall, and winter in Colorado.

The Tristar PWM controller that I was using would typically peak at about 350 watts of power input and this would drop considerably during the winter months. After installing the Victron MPPT controller, the peak watts moved up to about 450 watts which is a 28% increase in power output.

More importantly, during the colder winter months (its now January 2019), the Victron MPPT increased its peak power output even more with peak input watts of 500 or more getting to the battery. Sometimes I have seen it as high as 600 watts.

The reason for this increase during winter is that as solar panels heat up their voltage drops. As they cool down the voltage goes up. So during winter, when the panels are cold the voltage goes up a lot and the Victron MPPT charge controller can turn that extra voltage into battery power where PWM controllers can not.

As a result, with the Victron MPPT controller, my power in summer and winter are nearly identical. During summer the charge hours are longer but the input is lower. During winter the charge hours are short but the cold solar panels voltage is way up and put out more power than they do in summer.

I highly recommend this charge controller to everyone but for people in colder climates this type of chage controller is a must have. My system is 6 Renogy 100 watt monocrystaline solar panels hooked at at 24 volts to the Victron charge controller which is hooked up to a 12 volt LifePo4 battery system.

This little box seems to be aimed at professional solar installation folks. I am not that, but I managed to get it to work great (so far). The device itself works right out of the box, once you figure it out.

The enclosure and the wire clamps are super sturdy. The Bluetooth app is a really nice feature, though not exactly self-explanatory. (It does prompt me when the controller needs a firmware update, and takes care of that for me, which is pretty cool.

) It would be substantially more awesome if I could get this controller to connect to Wi-Fi. But the instructions and online instructions are decidedly not awesome. They should be re-written by somebody who knows what theyre doing.

And the true test, for me anyway, will be whether or not this thing continues to work in cold Michigan weather. (My HQST died one winter day with zero warning or explanation. Now its a doorstop. ) I checked this SmartSolar devices specified operating temperature range, and Im not going to be outside that range.

But just saying, lets see if it survives the winter.

I bought the 2000w inverter charge controller and got it all installed. There is NO remote display other than the bluetooth, so don’t let anybody tell you otherwise. This took a week to resolve after purchasing and not installing the remote display within the window.

Right in the main breaker panel disconnected the 30 amp input on my Airstream Land Yacht 30NS motorhome and ran directly into this inverter then from the inverter back down to the the panel. I have two big weird 160 amp hour 12v batteries 4′ away with 2 gauge wire (320 amp hours at 12V).

After getting it all hooked up everything just worked. Every outlet, the microwave, fridge, everything; and this INCLUDES the 13,500 BTU 2005 air conditioner with no soft-start thingy installed. Power transfer is instant (you can’t hear the A/C change pitch at all when you unplug the shore power), its just magic.

Make sure you unplug your stock 120v -> 12v charger (otherwise it will use power, waste 20%, and put it back in). My unit was apparently configured with very low battery charging (Shore power and generator power to DC battery charging) so I cranked that up to 65 amps and we are good to go! The back cover on this unit is really difficult to work with; especially with 10 gauge romex like you are supposed to use for 30 amp.

With a 65a smart converter, built in transfer relay, 2kw pure wave output 6kw surge, fully programmable, custom battery support, power saver and remote generator functions. This system produces stronger cleaner power then I see anywhere! I wanted to turn my voltage down and 5 seconds later my system was running more efficiently.

My fridge will run cycling in power saver mode. I can balance charge between solar and generator. I’ve even reconditioned my batteries, improving their charge capacity and acceptance. I live off grid, and rely on my power equipment to work properly full time.

I need a strong converter to quickly charge my batteries from a generator and maintain them when plugged up, strong stable power to run high amp devices, and an adaptive system to easily manage it all through different conditions.

This inverter delivers all of that in one solid platform.

This all-in-one unit is simple to wire and simple to use. My only gripe is that it needs to be turned on to even operate in bypass mode when you have shore power. The automatic transfer switch is very fast and with four 100Ah LiFePo4 batteries and a MicroAir Easy Start, I can run my A/C for four hours using this unit.

Even though I am using 4/0 wire and very short runs, there is a slight high pitched whine but its common for many inverters. However I only hear it in inverter mode under certain circumstances and there is no other noise in the trailer.

It is a large unit and very heavy. I did wire a 300A T-Fuse and cutoff switch between the batteries and this unit so I can positively turn it off from inverter mode.

1)When installing the way I needed it to fit in my van the 3000 Watts lettering is upside down. No biggie as it is in the garage, but would have been nice to be able to flip it over, or just provide a decal to put on after installation.

2) The terminals on the AC output are way to small. You should be attaching #10 stranded wires to each terminal fir 25 amps and surges to 50 amps (6,000W). The terminals are too small to accept a #10 ring or fork connectors.

Trying to get all the wires under the screw without a ring on the end means strands of wires sticking out all over as the terminal is too small. 3) The other issue is that the wire input on the terminal is facing whatever you are attaching the inverter to.

This gives you 1″ to get #10 wires to turn 90 degrees. A much better solution would be to have the connector turned 90 degrees so that the wires will attach in the same plane as the inverter, screws facing away from the backplate.

Also a larger size that would accommodate #10 easily.

I haven’t had the time to fully test this yet– I literally finished the installation five minutes ago and can only say that it basically works. But, the positive terminal DC connection is about a half a millimeter too short to allow clearance for a 1/0 cable to connect straight-on.

It’s not the cable– I swapped several around, and the connector is just too short, Besides, the cables all work perfectly when tested on the negative connector. It’s a small, annoying manufacturing defect that’s not worth returning the unit over.

I have sufficient clearances to safely mount the cable crosswise on the connector, so I did so. Also, the little plastic safety connectors can’t be made to fit either, on the positive because the cable is crossways and on the negative because.

There’s just not quite enough clearance. Otherwise, this physically looks like a quality unit, and I’ve had good luck with Renogy inverters in the past.

I bought this as advised by Renogy to replace the identical model that had been installed in my camper van 2 years ago when I bought it. I only ever used it only to heat water in a small electric kettle for morning time and it worked fine for 2 years.

Then it had started smelling “hot” and the fan came on so when I contacted Renogy they advised me to replace it with a new one which I did. I have only used the new one twice so far. It has a bit of burnt plastic smell which may just be “burn in.

” The 2nd time I used it, it blew the fuse which had never happened in the 2 years I used to old one. We replaced the fuse and it seems to work now but I am going to try it on a 2 week trip leaving tomorrow before I conclude if I threw away my money buying a new inverter or not.

I am taking a little camp stove and kettle in case the new inverter fails on the trip.

Replaced my 14-year-old prosine 2. 0 with this. Pretty comparable but the remote functions arent nearly as good as the prosine 2. 0. My biggest gripe is the remote times out after 30 seconds, the display turns off and you have to press one of the buttons to get it to wake up and then its back at the home screen not the last thing you were looking at.

Its one of those lovely things were they have 100 functions controlled by only four buttons, so unless you have the instruction manual youre screwed. The power and the battery charger seem to be right on their specifications.

The transfer switch seems even quicker than the prosine. Theres two 150 amp fuses internally in parallel (300 amps) so you dont need a big giant fuse block like I had to have for the Prosine. Installing 10 gauge wire into the AC quick connects is a nightmare unless you solder (tin) tightly twisted wire ends or have crimped on ferrule ends.

All in all when you consider the price the all metal construction a remote that cost less than $100, included DC fuses its about the best value out there for a pure sine wave inverter with a 80 amp battery charger.

Hopefully since its such a new model some of the remote gripes I had will be updated with newer firmware versions.

This is a high power sinewave inverter. Installation is critical and best accomplished by an accomplished electrician using proper gauge wire and electrical connections. I had no difficult connecting 4/0 copper cable between the batteries or 10 gauge stranded THHN conductors run in liquid tight PVC conduit for the AC circuits to use the builtin automatic transfer relay.

This inverter provides very clean AC power, much cleaner in both frequency and voltage than my generator. The inverter provides robust programming ability to meet virtually any use that is required of it.

It starts and runs my Atwood 13,500 BTU AC or my microwave over in my RV. It will supply more than 2,000 watts, however it does not like doing it too long as it goes into alarm and will not shut down instantly powering though surge demands.

The dual fans are quiet in operation. I am very impressed with the efficiency of this inverter, its clean power, and the transfer relay that allows it to operate completely unattended whether on shore, battery or generator power.

Installed this in my toy hauler to replace the factory float charger and to provide 120vac for some appliances when not on shore power. The multistage charger charges the batteries fast and automatically goes to float once charged.

It easily provides enough inverter power to make coffee with our Keurig and also runs the microwave and TV. The display is easy to read and keeps you informed of the status or inputs and battery. So far we love it.

I expect it to last years based upon the quality and design. It is critical to follow the instructions and to use the proper AWG of wire especially to the batteries. It will not work if you try and get away with thinner AWG wire than what they recomend.

I wish that I had started out with a Renogy Inverter when I did my van build a few years ago. But instead opted to get an off brand no name, cheap inverter. It worked but would always over heat. Unfortunately, It ended up over heating to a point that it no longer works.

I’ve since installed a Renogy 1000W 12V Pure Sine Wave and am so happy. I’m not having any over heating issues. In fact, I haven’t heard the fans kick turn on once since the install. Also, I’m not noticing any drain on my batteries whatsoever if I forget to turn it off when not in use.

I’m really happy with the purchase and recommend Renogy for all your solar needs.

I don’t have much to compare it with, but here are some of my experiences as someone who got this and no prior experience with inverters. I found it easy to hook up. Wires are thick and everything feels high quality.

I use it on power tools and a fan in my shed. It seems to handle what I throw at it. Multi tool, hammer drill, and jig saw. I’ve only run them one at a time, but with some lights on and a 60w fan going I had no issues.

The one star reduction is because the instructions are awful for what I needed. I’m using this with a 200ah gel battery. I wanted to use the ac block output for a small breaker panel. What I couldn’t find anywhere was what were size fits on the block, what max amps you could pull, or anything about wiring.

The most it says is to follow nec rules. I understand that everyone’s application will be different, but the ac block skills probably have better details for those who want to use it. I would at least put the recommended wiring somewere.

Your mileage may vary, but it’s a great inverter with ok instructions. Unless you’re an electrician, you may struggle with the AC block. That or I’m a big dumdum.

This is an example of modern technology, at its modern-est! It is password protected, for starters (What? Who thought that was needed?? Is there really the risk of some no-goodnick changing the settings???) Which leads to the next problem– the buttons on the front DO NOT WORK right out of the box.

Eventually, if you have faith and keep at it, you will be able to get them to respond as they should– like, you hit a button, and the screen changes or the highlighted value changes or IT DOES WHAT IT’S SUPPOSED TO.

That doesn’t happen at first. So, you are faced with a dilemma: the huge variety of settings, which are originally set to factory defaults, are not the settings for your installation. But you can’t change them.

BECAUSE THE BUTTONS DON’T WORK! This might seem like an insurmountable challenge– fortunately, if you devote several days of “exercising” the buttons, and your own perhaps limited patience, you can finally achieve the enviable ability TO CHANGE THE PARAMETER SETTINGS which really is a huge priority, in the scheme of things.

Never mind that the included manual can be cryptic: like it refers to an “OK button,” but never mentions that there is no “OK button,” what it really means is the “right arrow button,” when the highlighted field is in certain conditions.

You’re supposed to know this, instinctively. It’s also got a vaguely “translated from a foreign language” air, like the phrase, and I quote, “To enter the following screen long press OK button,” — I press your button long time! Look: the people who put this device together know all about this stuff, they know what is always an “OK button” and they have created a wondrous, fantastically fabulous machine that works exquisitely well and if YOU don’t know what they know, and all the complicated choices and options and automations and programmability’s they’ve had to balance, well, relax, these are the latest hi-tech buttons, might be a few kinks but well worth it!.

Awesome products, just set up the Rover 60 Amp Charge Controller and 3 three 200 watt panels. Love the results, simplicity, features etc. Everyone I’ve encountered raves about how much better Renogy is over anything else out there.

Now with all that said, how could the enclosed brochure have been any worse written. I’ve seen some bad ones but this one takes the cake. The chain of thought is the worst I’ve every encountered. A 2 year old could have done a far better job.

Recommend that State and Federal prisoners be required to read it as part of their punishment. Enough said, hopefully the embarrassment will cause a corrective action.

It worked for about an hour before overheating. I installed a top shroud and two fans to draw air through the heatsink fins and it cooled to 44 degrees in a few minutes. Heatsink only units are NOT suited for Australian conditions.

There are a lot of mistakes in the manual, for example on page 24, Boost Charging Recovery Voltage is listed as 0-60s. What? I set the voltage to how many seconds? There is also NO mention of what the parallel port is for, how to connect it, or how to use it.

I am about to install a second unit and would like to know.

I have been using a small solar setup at a remote property I have owned for years. I was using a Trace C40 which is one of the better PWM controllers and this is my first experience with MPPT. I recently moved the batteries about 75 ft from the panels and into a equipment shed and at 12 volts the line losses were significant.

I rewired my old panels in series {120 vdc) and installed a Victron 150/35. right beside the battery. I went from barely able to charge the battery to it being full everyday by noon. The bluetooth is great because I don’t even have to unlock the shed and go inside I can just connect and know instantly the state of the entire charging system.

Wish List: I wish there were a way to download the log via bluetooth to the phone so I could review later when not connected. I wish I could see a timeline so I could easily determine at what time of day I hit max power and voltage.

this would help me spot problems with partial shading. I wish there were a way to connect to the device over wifi / ethernet so I could check the stats from home as I have connectivity to the site. Overall I am quite happy with the purchase and if the unit continues to preform as it is I will be purchasing an additional one to charge a lithium pack.

This is a nice product. There’s a few things lacking from the app, but overall it’s really nice to see all the activity and charging times, and change settings. I was worried because I set it up a day before we left on a trip.

It went through several quick firmware updates that worked without a snag. It’s pulling power from a 100 watt Renogy PV panel and charging a 100AH Battleborn LiFePO4 battery. Battleborn’s site lists all the best settings, and the app made it super easy to change them.

I really didn’t have time to even test it if was manage everything correctly. We spent a week at Ocracoke Island National Park campground, with no shore power. It was great, worked like a charm. Had 12v power all week with no problems topping off the battery.

Bought two 6 months ago. They are each wired two 4 panels I’m parallel ( I have some shading issues ). They are both wired two 2 strings of Tesla models modules. I also have a Victron Bluetooth battery monitor.

One monitor works for both controllers. The custom battery settings work perfectly for the slightly lower voltage range of the Tesla batteries. They have worked perfectly since day 1. Very happy. I wish my inveter was this easy to use.

This piece of kit is a bargain for what it actually is. I have a 48v lifepo4 battery bank with roughly 16kWh of total capacity. This inverter is able to charge those batteries at 60amps which is better than lifepo4 chargers that cost over £500.

It says its not suitable for lifepo4 batteries but if you disable equalisation and set your BMS on your batteries correctly then this will do a great job of charging the batteries. I currently have the 230v AC input fed by a 10kw contactor controlled by a cheap smart plug.

I get the charger to switch on at night between the hours of 2am and 6am (cheap EV tariff) and then i use the power from the batteries during the day to supplement my electricity usage. On the plus side with powercuts due this winter i will have a substantial amount of back up battery power if i need it.

Really great bit of kit. Only complaints are the slots cut in the bottom to allow cable entry. It would of been better it if was a plate with knockouts on it so you can chose what type of glands you want to use to terminate the cable into the unit.

Purchased this unit to replace my chinese inverter/charger that came with my solar system , the solar controller part of the system failed after 18 months. first thing i noticed it was almost identical in appearance , with the only difference a heat sink mounted on the top instead of an internal fan do not know if that is any better or not ? it has to 2 lower fans same as my previous inverter/ charger and the display was a little different.

installed in 20 mins wired up the same as original the sparky did not even charge me. been almost 2 weeks an it is working fine keeps the battery charged and runs the house boat during the day. i can only hope that this one will last longer than the one supplied by a solar shop with my solar system.

At first I was happy with the unit, it charged with solar and ran my well but when i tried to water my gardens it was a disappointment. Not one month old! The ac power won’t run for more than 10 minutes then it acts like it over heated.

I reached out to the suppliers and haven’t heard anything about how to fix it or where to send it or getting a replacement.

IšverstiShow in original languageReplaced 2003 Freedom 20 in a 2004 Itasca Meridian Motorhome. Straight forward replacement, even mounting studs and holes matched. Reused cable from old unit. Had to dismantle it to get negative cable free.

Had to drill out both positive and negative cable ends to fit new unit. Had to install so cable end of unit faced center of motorhome to avoid getting new cables.

IšverstiShow in original languageI had an earlier version of this unit and I functioned perfectly for 18 years until an amateur electrician tried to connect power from a genset to our motorhome. BOOM.

So bought this replacement which was easy to install as all wiring and connections were the same as the dead unit. Unit is working perfectly and you could not go wrong buying and instsalling one of these units.

Simply the best.

IšverstiShow in original languageExact replacement for 2006 Fleetwood, easy install in less than 20 minutes. Original inverter lasted over 16 years so figured I would stay with what worked so well before.

Great unit. Solidly built. I purchased it for a 100w panel that i had purchased for my sailboat. My first foray into solar power. I confess the original Charge Controller I purchased with the panel was a cheap one made of plastic.

The wire connections to the Controller would not stay attached, even though I stepped them down to # 10 gauge. Infuriating! The replacement Victron product had great instructions and is built solidly.

One complaint: same as the previous Charge Controller, twice now a wire has come loose from the Charge Controller box. This should not happen. The compression screws and plates should grab the wire more securely.

I have really screwed them down hard now, but I still find myself checking them every once in a while while underway in a sea.

A bit pricey but well worth the investment. Well made and reliable tech.

aaa works great

Is well built, the quality is there, I want to point out that the terminals are pretty solid and designed for large current, which to me is a seller, the price could be lower, support has been good so far, I would recommend this product to my family members.

The Bluetooth App is a nice complement and it provides a means to monitor performance and other stats, if they were to put a display on it it would make the product even better.

At last, a controller that does what it is advertised to do, without all the fuss and bother of the ones that don’t do what they supposed to do. I would recommend “Victron” to anyone going off grid.

purchased because of positive recommendations, very happy with it when i go full solr will get more victron products

Solid, easy to use controller with bluetooth connectivity. the external relays to allow for switching an external device or to receive input are useful too. Connect too other Victron devices via bluetooth or ve.

direct network.

Very easy to use, especially networked with a Smartshunt.

Victron BlueSolar MPPT 150/100-Tr VE.Can SCC115110420

Smaller than I thought. Seller is Awesome, this rating is for the item ONLY. 4 Stars because it doesn’t have any way to mount it, where do I put it? Just sit it on a table? That’s why it’s 4 stars.

It is a heavy built unit with nice features. I really like the digitat readout that tells me what voltage I have in the battery and the exact amperage my tool is using. It does not include any wiring so you need to provide battery type cables with battery clamps on one end and ring terminals to attach to the unit.

Not the right description of product. Need more details for the costumer

Finally got a chance to get to the cabin and install the system. The inverter works well and is easy to install with the supplied cables. The cable could be a bit longer; it’s not always possible or desirable to install the inverter right next to the batteries.

You should include a printed installation and owners manual in the package, when you’re off grid you don’t have access to the internet to download and print the instructions! Luckily not my first installation of similar equipment.

I was disappointed to find this unit did not incorporate a digital read out for battery voltage. I expected an up sell unit such as this pure sine wave machine would incorporate such features, which we find necessary to know the status of our system.

Such features are present in other brand modified sine wave inverters we have in use at another installation. The solar panels “plug n play” installation wiring is helpful, but again written manuals in the package would be a big help.

The charge controller does not feature digital read outs either, and the indicator lights do not give any indication of battery status, so without a separate voltage meter it’s impossible to know where the system stands at any given point in time.

A bit disappointed in that regard, but checking things with a multi-meter indicates everything working as stipulated and expected. A decent and good value delivered for the package. I would have paid a bit more if necessary to incorporate the desired digital read-outs.

First unit I got the remote didn’t work. Renogy customer service promptly repaired the entire unit. Unit works fine so far. I use it for an RV with two Renogy 100 watt solar panels. In tests I can run coffee maker, microwave and toaster at the same time with no fault trip.

I don’t like using the noisy generator and this setup seems to fit my requirements. I like the wireless remote. It makes shutting down the loads easy. The unit can be powered by DC thru the cables available with the unit, 4 cables, 2 for each pole or you can use only one cable for each polarity as I did.

I had to run 4′ so I used 4′ of heavy 4/0 cable to provide plenty of 12 volt DC. The supplied cables are convenient and easy to route if you only need a 3′ cable. I did a fair amount of research on these type of inverters.

Many of the reviews I read were poor for other units. Renogy had fairly good reviews. In the end I chose Renogy 2000 watt inverter based on: -Quality reputation and prior experience with Renogy solar panels.

-Pure sine wave -Wireless remote – Full 3 year warranty – Flexible cabling setup – Excellent Customer and technical service. These folks answer thier phone and are very customer centric. This alone makes them a great value in my mind.

Mine arrived with the corner of one mounting foot bent up about 20 degrees. Looks like it had been dropped. I gently smooshed it straight in a bench vise and hooked it up with the provided cables to a new deep cycle battery to test it.

I could tell immediately that it worked. Even with a battery charger that my old/cheap wal mart inverter could not run. Looking forwards to the better efficiency of this unit as the cheap one could run a car battery down in just a couple hours.

(Hence the drama in the title. It runs its cooling fan all the time. I believe that is part of the poor efficiency it shows. ) I’ve been running a couple small loads off it this morning and the cooling fan hasn’t even kicked on yet.

The remote is a cute touch and it works fine too. This should work very well for the van camping uses I have planned for it. Looking forwards in the future to buying Renogy’s solar panels once I can afford them.

(But that’ll be a while since I am a disabled Vet on a fixed income. ).

The Victron range of Charge Controllers are the most configurable charge controllers I have come across, and the configuration is easy to understand. They can be configured for AGM, GEL, wet/flooded Lead Acid, and importantly today, Lithium chemistry batteries.

The Victron Charge Controllers are the only Charge Controller I have come across that allows you to configure the charge termination Tail Current for Lithium batteries. Configuration is simple with the inbuilt Bluetooth and the Victron Connect app on a mobile device or computer, with the Bluetooth Dongle required for non-inbuilt Bluetooth devices.

The Victron MPPT works as it should to harvest the maximum energy from a panel, and I have found the Charge Controllers can carry a lot of panel power as long as the max panel volts and short circuit amps rating of the Controller is adhered to.

For peace of mind The Victron Charge Controllers also come with a 5 year warranty, and their technical support in Australia is excellent, either by phoning Victron, or by asking questions on the Victron forum.

Looks to be a very well made product that should stand the test of time. I particularly liked the ease with which you can monitor what is happening in real time by using the bluetooth app. I found the bluetooth range to be good.

I had no problems connecting to the unit and it was reassuring to see that it automatically updated its firmware. It was such a pleasure to have a comprehensive user manual in comparison to the poorly written scraps I have received with cheaper PWM controllers.

Comparing it to my old PWM controller on a cloudy day it was clear that it was more throughput. The only down side is perhaps the weight and bulk of the product, however this seems to be the nature of MPPT controllers at this power handling capability.

I have seen some reviews complaining about the wiring ports being to small and too close together but I did not find this to be a problem even with heavy gauge wire. The clamping mechanism to hold each wire is very effective and non destructive.

Happy with the purchase and highly recommend it.

I purchased a couple 100W Renogy panels for our travel trailer as dry camping opens up a lot of sites for us and I dont like firing up the generator unless I have to. The panels are deployed on folding stands which is really the only way to get them in the sun in the wooded campgrounds we frequent.

I used them the first weekend with the PWM controller that came with the kit. It blinked nicely at me, but even with a voltmeter added to our control panel inside the camper there wasn’t really a way to see what was going on.

I started looking at adding monitors with shunts, but things start getting rather involved for my particular setup. At home in the off-season the camper is covered and plugged into shore power to keep the batteries up.

I realized a few things. First, Im paying for electricity to charge the batteries when I have two solar panels in a box. Second, the on-board inverter/charger is OK for maintaining batteries, but really lacks the ability to keep them at a full charge as they hover around 13.

4-13. 6 volts regardless of battery condition and with no temperature compensation. Third, to charge the batteries requires the battery kill switch to be on, meaning Im also powering gas and carbon monoxide detectors and who knows what other parasitic loads in the camper.

Not a monetary issue but things without power on them cant cause unforeseen issues. I had originally fallen prey to the argument that youre better off buying another panel vs. paying for an MPPT controller.

That works on paper but I realized that Ill set out 2 panels, but I will never set out 3 or 4. That meant the Victron SmartSolar 75/15 would work nicely and the cost was within my threshold of pain. The need for a separate monitor was also negated.

Installation was easy as I was just replacing the PWM controller. My setup is a couple of group 24 lead acid deep cycle batteries with around 160ah. Power is brought into the storage bay of my travel trailer with 4/0 wiring where it splits off to a 3000/6000 pure sine inverter.

The Victron is wired into the 4/0 cables which are only about 18 away with 10 gauge cabling. The Zamp plug that came with the camper was replaced with a 10 gauge wire unit, and the 20 of Renogy cable going to the panels is 10 gauge.

The storage bay isnt heated so its within a few degrees of the batteries which are on the tongue. After doing an update the unit automatically selected 12v and the default charge setting was for deep cycle gel batteries.

I was initially a little worried that there wasnt a specific setting for lead acid batteries but the parameters of this option are apparently fine from what I can gather. Equalization is off by default.

After installation I zipped the camper cover back up all I have to do now is walk by and log in to see whats going on, no need to unzip/unlock or interrupt my nap when were actually camping to check our state of charge.

The attached screenshots were for the first few days. Im only using one 100W panel as I felt this would be sufficient. The battery bank was at 90% charge the first day (see handy chart) and I was pleased to see that it got fully charged but concerned that my 100W panel was only putting out 35W in full sun.

A 100W panel is going to max out somewhere around 70W in the northern hemisphere on the best day in the summer and this was in January, the lowest amount of available solar energy (insolation) of the year.

The following days were even worse until I understood that Pmax isnt your panels peak wattage, its the peak that the controller will draw from the panel as it manipulates current and voltage to get what it wants.

Youre not going to see a Pmax that resembles the published output of your panels unless you have a big load on them (or drained batteries) and maybe not then. This is a laymans explanation, but if it keeps you from thinking you have a bad panel or connection its worth the keystrokes.

Of the following three January days the first was sunny, the next was cloudy and the next was rain. The Victron doesnt care, it still pulled plenty of voltage out of the panel and quickly went into float.

Its like a honey badger. Perhaps more interesting will be what happens when a live load is applied (such as when were actually camping and using power). Toggling the electric tongue jack gets an immediate response from the controller as it ramps up to offset what youre using, then it goes back to putting the battery back to the state of charge that it wants.

Comparisons between PWM and MPPT controllers are made in somewhat of a vacuum, you can spend hours reading them. In the real world of RV use the MPPT probably offers more advantages than published. On cloudy and rainy days MPPT wins, but though its hard to quantify it also wins when you have partial sun exposure due to your location.

I love wooded/private campsites. Most examples use a sunny day with no loads and the PWM can do what the MPPT does, it just takes longer. Lets say Im fully charged by noon and at.

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I sent a certified letter to CEO/ Owner concerning 2 12k EMP inverters I purchased. The letter was received 5 weeks ago yet to this day I have not received a response from anyone concerning my letter.

I joined linkedin to send a message to the CEO yet to this day I have not received any response. That was a couple of weeks ago. I put a review on Google reviews and was responded to by someone claiming to be the owner.

That person told me that they would be in touch after a few days but again to this day I have not received a response from them and that was over 2 weeks ago. I sent a email to Sol-Ark but to this day I have not received a response.

The company claims that customers are important to them however their actions speak louder than words. This is not how a company that cares about customers operates. This is not how a legitimate responsible company treats customers.

Companies that fail to respond, that hide from customers are not legitimate companies. I would not do business with this company.

I sent a certified letter 3 weeks ago to CEO of Sol-Ark and to date have not received a response. I joined LinkedIn and sent a message to the CEO to date no response. Is this how a reputable company responds? They claim customer’s are important however ignoring me prices otherwise.

TranslateShow in original languageJ’ai commandé un seau réservoir d’eau 18 litres. A la réception, je le trouve un peu trop grand par rapport au besoin de mes poules: en voyant les photos sur le site, j’avais l’impression qu’il était plus petit.

Mais ce n’est pas grave !.

TranslateShow in original languagePARFAIT. TRES GRANDE CONTENANCE.

TranslateShow in original languageContent de mon achat.Solide,pratique,je vais en recommander.