This model is also approved to be installed inside an engine bay and it will trickle charge your starter battery when your house battery is full! Thanks for watching guys. Let me know what you think of this model in the comments below!

Using your code on a big purchase 💅🏼

@madetoexplore

12 сағат бұрын

Awesome! Thank you 😊

@maryanntime

4 сағат бұрын

@@madetoexplore thank you for making this video!

I enjoy your videos and appreciate all the info and knowledge on this new renogy dc to dc charger. Your discount code worked great, $365 canadian funds total price yesterday. In my ram promaster I will be hooking up to a 100ah bougerv battery . The charger will be mounted approximately 3ft from the starter battery and approx.1 ft1/2 from the house bat. Someone commented to use a 60a anl fuse at the starter battery and i believe a 50a at the house battery. Not sure on what gauge wire to use and connectors to the renogy charger. Any advice on my install would be very helpful . 👍

@madetoexplore

9 күн бұрын

Thanks you very much! Glad it’s helped you out 😄 Renogy does have fuse and wire size recommendations in there user manual. I also have all this information and more in my Simple Solar Guide.

I got one months ago, seems to be a bit of lemon ? Even with some cut off at 10 amps, the unit only pulling 24-25 amps from alternator. Then Sometimes it’s 40-45 amp.

@Bizill75

19 күн бұрын

Could it be a "smart alternator" issue? I'm seemingly having only problems with my Jeep Gladiator and its "smart alternator".

Thanks so much for posting this review! I installed one of these units about 2 months ago, and have been frustrated by the lack of info online (and most of us know how (un)helpful Renogy support is). I've noticed that no matter my battery's SOC, the charger will only feed amps in either "Boost" or "Bulk" mode. I have a Lithium battery and have the app set to use the default settings for that type. Should I expect it to see a "float" or "absorption" mode once the battery is fully charged? Initially, my battery went into an overcharge protection mode once it was fully charged (it seems the charge controller kept trying to feed amps into the fully charged battery) but I haven't seen it do that lately.

@madetoexplore

18 күн бұрын

That’s strange. You might be able to go into user mode and manually change the settings

Seems like this wont work with smart alternators. Voltage sensing simply is impossible on a car with a smart alternator, and without an engine run sense wire....its a fail. Haven't tried this unit, but have used other brands that do the same based on alternator voltage. All you get is little blips of charging when the alternator peaks its voltage, usually just during deceleration.

@madetoexplore

8 күн бұрын

@@MakingStuffGoingPlaces The charger is compatible with smart alternators and traditional alternators, the working voltage of different alternators will be different. The product itself comes with Bluetooth communication function, you can connect to DC Home or Core via Bluetooth, and then adjust the appropriate input voltage value of the charger according to the characteristics of the working voltage of different types of alternators.

@MakingStuffGoingPlaces

8 күн бұрын

@@madetoexplore I did see you go through that option in the video, however, that won't work as smart alternators often run a deficit of charge. It's not possible to distinguish between engine running and engine off purely by charge voltage. The only option here would be to set you sense voltage below the smart alternators threshold, but then the Renogy unit will continue to discharge the cars battery once the engine is switched off. Just going through winter with my current Renogy 50A unit (old version) and alternator charging is very important due to lack of sun...you can't risk it not detecting the engine running.

@madetoexplore

8 күн бұрын

@@MakingStuffGoingPlaces if you set it just below the threshold, it would be fine. It may continue to charge from the battery after the engine is turned off, but only for a very short period of time.

Does anyone know if i can have 24v going in from starter battery and 12v going out to the house batteries?

How did you joint the Wires together , Did you use some kind of step down butt connectors or how ?

@madetoexplore

Ай бұрын

Soldering the wires together and using heat shrink is the best way to connect wiring but you could also use these which work well- amzn.to/45J6Y2U

@jayt838

27 күн бұрын

@@madetoexplore Thanks I have mine all hooked up now, Will test on long road trip next week ,.

I've got the older version, I haven't used it but a good tip on the solar cut off switch. Yeah the 30a is a bit lame on the old version.

@madetoexplore

Ай бұрын

It’s a great model! Definitely gotta have the switch if you want to pull 45-50 amps

@JouniKyy-xn4kd

4 күн бұрын

Old version has also never 50v version

@ifell3

4 күн бұрын

@@JouniKyy-xn4kd thank you edited to amperage 😲

There is new version from bigger one, can take 50v panels

What version of the dc home app I am in the UK Nd it does not have the setting to adjust the solar input. Can you help

@madetoexplore

13 күн бұрын

When you go into the controller settings, the first line says maximum combined charging amps

I just installed this over the weekend and I cannot get the DC Home app to let me adjust settings even though I manually placed the DC-DC into "user" mode. I have a "smart alternator" that seems to only put out 12.7 volts to my starter battery so the Renogy won't pull amps to charge. Only charged once when I first went live with the system. Does your user adjustable settings work for you if the charger isn't actively charging? I simply have no settings to go in and change. My phone won't readily connect to the charger direct and I have to use the new Renogy One to be like an emissary between my phone and the charger... Not overly happy right now...

@Bizill75

19 күн бұрын

Also, the older model you have used an ignition sensing wire whereas the new one doesn't even have one.... in the instructions it says that smart alternators may need to be wired differently, assuming the ignition sensing wire but it doesn't have one! Wish I'd just bought the older and cheaper one...

@madetoexplore

13 күн бұрын

As long as the charger is connected to a 12v battery, I can adjust the settings. Have you tested this when the vehicle is moving at higher rpm’s? You may need to be driving on the highway for the charger to start to pull more amps from the alternator

Would this work for charging my power station while driving?

@madetoexplore

Ай бұрын

It could but using a 12v adaptor for the power station would probably be easier?

Hi, great video, I was about to purchase one of these units until I read the manual which says maximum alternator input 75-100A. My van is the Peugeot Boxer the european version of a Ram pro master. It is fitted with a 150A Alternator. Do you know if this new Renogy kit is compatible as its alternator is putting out about 50/60A at idle - trouble is I will not be at idle whilst driving around! This is my first van build and any help would be very much appreciated! Cheers!

@madetoexplore

28 күн бұрын

My van also has a 150a alternator. This is perfect for you because you can control how much the charger will pull from your alternator through the Renogy app. It can be adjusted from 10-50 amps.

@trevorclarke8596

28 күн бұрын

Thanks for getting back to me - much appreciated. Here in the uk we don’t get that much sunshine so b2b charging is important supplement to solar. How did you get on with joining the units wires to those from the starter battery and aux battery as they are very different gauges. Joining by twisting and wrapping with tape as recommended in the booklet accompanying the unit seems a bit of a bodge and asking for trouble in the long run. Do the units input and output positives get hot? Thanks for the discount code - it worked a treat! Cheers

@madetoexplore

28 күн бұрын

@@trevorclarke8596 we get barely any solar during the Canadian winter too. I’d recommend using something like this- amzn.to/45J6Y2U and then add some heat shrink on top. For the thinner gauge wire you can strip off extra and double it back on itself before crimping the connector

@trevorclarke8596

28 күн бұрын

Thank you for the link for the connectors! Have you had any issues with the ten gauge wires heating up if you run at 50A charge? Cheers

@madetoexplore

27 күн бұрын

@@trevorclarke8596 no, i think the short length has little effect on it.

Currently $329

@madetoexplore

20 күн бұрын

$349

If you don’t need the fancy Bluetooth get the redodo unit at less than half the price

@madetoexplore

27 күн бұрын

@@jaysonyang1441 along with no Bluetooth, it also only comes in 40 amps, less customizable, no water resistance rating, and it doesn’t trickle charge the starter battery when the house batteries are full. It also says it can’t use solar and alternator at the same time. But it is cheaper.

My Bluetooth on this isn’t working past 1 meter

@madetoexplore

Ай бұрын

That’s strange. I’ve noticed a huge improvement on the Bluetooth distance with this model compared to other models. I think the small antenna on the outside helps. My 400ah Renogy battery Bluetooth is terrible

@jdsfairlinetarga3790

Ай бұрын

@@madetoexploreyes it’s less than ideal and Renogy are on coms but fear it’s going back for new one. I have a battery further away than the dc to dc and that is ok but this charger is under the floor and I have to lay phone on the floor to get it to connect

@mschrank1

18 күн бұрын

Mine connects quickly and solidly with the distance between being about 1.5 meters. I think your issue is that you installed the unit under the floor, so the Bluetooth is being blocked by the sheet metal (and whatever other layers may be present). My battery is mounted under the van, and it won't connect to my phone without me getting the phone close to the floor. You might consider using an external monitor connected via the CAN connections on the charge controller

@jdsfairlinetarga3790

18 күн бұрын

@@mschrank1they replaced mine it now goes about 5 meters

Not digging the short thin wires. I don't want to splice those wires. Yuck.

@madetoexplore

Ай бұрын

It actually wasn't that hard using this- amzn.to/45J6Y2U and i'm not having any issues with the smaller gauge. I've linked all the fuses and wire connectors in the description.

@mschrank1

18 күн бұрын

I went back and forth on this with Renogy customer support before purchasing. They assured me that the 10 AWG wires were adequate, and I went ahead and purchase one. I only ended up splicing the PV wire. The remaining connections were made using circuit breakers or fuses, so no butt splicing needed on those. I cut the small gauge Renogy wires as short as practicable to minimize voltage drop. It works great. The small wires don't get overly hot and the unit does what it promises.

@madetoexplore

18 күн бұрын

@@mschrank1 awesome! Mines working great so far as well 👍

@livebrando

4 күн бұрын

Have you seen the unit getting very hot like 170 degrees f?

@madetoexplore

4 күн бұрын

@@livebrando not yet. I’ve had it up to about 77 so far and it’s been super hot over the weekend