I purchased 2 back in March 2022. So far both are in parallel for 400AH. I use them to charge off of my solar system and run my Full Size Frig and 1 large freezer. Works awesome.. Only slow part is the Bluetooth app. I hope you enjoy your new battery as much as I have mine.
Hey Fella, great review. So I've got the same mppt-dc/dc charger that i'm going to get the BT-2 module. But, my foremost question is, have you decided the need for shunt monitoring add-on or are you happy with the app and the BT in the batteries. Kind Regards
we are upgrading our battery in the travel trailer to LiFePO4 to replace our aging lead acid canadian tire battery after a year of use, are you still big on renogy? we would start with 100 Ah and a dc to dc charger using the truck alternator and the existing charger in the trailer
I have recently received the very same battery for a simple 400w in-house emergency power supply to keep my fridge running and a couple of lights should we ever need a supplementary supply during an outage. It arrived at 41% and the app did take a little getting used to, but it works fine. Great video and thank you for sharing.
I just purchased one of these batteries it says in the manual to charge at a rate of 60amps before you use it for the first time I have a 15 amp lithium profile charger. Would this be suitable for charging its battery before use and then connecting to the Renorgy 50amp mppt and solar just wondering how are you first charged this battery fully? Cheers thanks for your videos
I just bought the same battery, have 400 watt solar panels, and a 2000w inverter... I saw you used 2awg, I'm using 4awg, do you think that is sufficient?
I'm really looking at 2 of these batteries as my house bank for my boat. As I wouldn't be using the bank everyday, I would be looking at keeping it in storage for up to a month at a time. I know it's not good to store them at full charge, but you said the bms automatically puts it into "shelf mode". Does that automatically discharge the battery? If so that would be really nice for my use. As it stands right now I have to disconnect the battery from the charging source long before I'm ready to leave the water so that I can discharge enough so that I can store at 50% capacity. If this battery does it automatically, that would be helpful.
The battery will automatically enter shelf mode after 24 hours of being disconnected. This doesn’t mean it will automatically discharge though. Renogy recommends have the battery between 30-50% before disconnecting it for storage.
Hey - really enjoying your video reviews and off-grid how to's! I'm relatively new to the Off-Grid camper trailer world... so please excuse my lack of knowledge... I'm considering either this 200Ah Bluetooth battery or the newer 200Ah Core lithium battery to replace the stock battery in our new Camper-trailer... any preference? A few related questions and specs: - We live in Canmore/Rocky Mountains and (as you know), the spring/fall nights get quite cool and dip below 0C...Am I ok to install the battery outside on front triangle (thinking insulated battery box), or is it best to install inside the pass-through? - Can I simply swap either of above suggested batteries from current battery setup? - I believe current battery has 2/o sized wires - 2000w WFCO Pure Sine Wave Inverter (model WF-5220) - WFCO Auto Detect converter (model: WF-8735-AD-GE) - currently have 200w solar panel... I plan to upgrade to 600w in the spring Thanks for your advice!
Thank you very much! We spend a ton of time in Canmore. If you plan on using the camper trailer during the winter I’d recommend getting a heated battery for sure. If not, I’d recommend the CORE model because it has a much high cycle life than the BT battery. Is your current battery lithium?
@@madetoexplore Ok - The Renogy 200Ah Core it is… We don’t plan on using the unit in the winter - just regular 3-season camping. My current battery is a Cross Country Battery UN2794 ‘Wet’ battery… there’s almost no info on it - but it didn’t last long with regular off-grid use! For simplicity- it would be great if I can just swap it out - but it’s probably best to install inside the camper? I like that 500am battery monitor too - definitely nice to keep track of battery levels.
Bought 2 of these. I think yours is the first review I've seen of them. Was hoping to find a teardown video but no luck so far. Personally don't care about the heating function. IMO it's a gimmick, I can't see those heaters being very reliable and seems to make more sense to me to just heat the environment where they are installed.
I;m curious what does the Bluetooth app mean when it says, 37.9 % and 30.44 Hr Time remaining. How is that time remaining calculated ? base on what wattage ? How much power will it take to deplete the battery?
The percentage is capacity. The hr is how much time it will take to either charge the battery to full or deplete it to empty. It’s calculated based on the current watt hours going in or coming out.
I have recently bought one of these 200Ah versions The built in Bluetooth monitor or rather the BMS it is connected to seems to be very inaccurate providing a state of charge. According to it the battery gets up to 99.1% and then the % stops increasing and it takes hours to complete the last fraction whilst still completing what’s probably in reality the last 10% of actual charging. This could be because the firmware only goes to 200Ah but the battery capacity is a bit higher, not sure but it’s very annoying! I charge it via Rover40 using the built in Li profile. The DC home app is extremely temperamental in connecting but when it does it’s quite interesting as there are discrepancies. I suspect the V0100 firmware in my battery is a bit flaky, it’s obviously better than nothing but I can’t rely on it. Right now I refer to my Aili external monitor to get an accurate Soc. I really hope the low temp disconnect is accurate!
SoC metering is a near useless feature on any battery, any chemistry. On lithium based batteries, it's merely annoying, on lead acid, it's often fatal to the battery life expectancy. My lifepo4 batteries I now use are $5k each (48v, 150ah units), and the SoC meter is pretty useless. Go by the voltage, and the conditions the battery are currently under, to get a general charge level. Even my former systems which used Midnite gear were not very good at assessing the SoC. On lifepo4, you need to recalibrate them rather often, which is a bit of a pain, charging all the way to (in my case 56.4v), then discharging till depletion, then charging back up to (56.4v). Which is pretty impracticable when your living off your bank like I've been doing the past 11 years.
Great video 👍 so much so I’ve recently purchased one of these but now that the cold weather has arrived I’d love to know of a way to heat the battery. Have you found a solution and if so can you share that with us?
I have a heated Canbat battery that I use during winter. Renogy has heated 100ah batteries but unfortunately the 200ah is not. It’s to bad they don’t have a heated model. There are heated battery mats that some people have installed.
Nice to see this at this price. I recently bought the SOK 206Ah battery with Bluetooth and heaters between the cells and 7yr + 3yr = 10yr warranty. It is awesome, but has very slightly higher price due to the added heaters. It’s good to see Renogy competing with SOK. Size/shape is different, too.
What would be the easiest most cost effective way to grab power off of this? I understand the charging options just not sure how to use the power it provides. Looking for something cheap and easy.
I'm consiering a home solar system and would like to add a Tesla/Generac lithium battery back up. A gas/butane Generac generator or the aforementioned battery systems are quoted with the GAF solar shingle-tiles, the pricing gets up to $16k over the bare solar system. Ouch! I'm a 70YO DIY type guy. My question is: Can these off-grid batteries work for me? Being in a hurricane region on the Texas coast, I want to see how I can reduce cost. Thanks for your thoughts. Richard
Yes they should work for you although most larger systems operate on a higher voltage like 24v or 48v. You may want to look into this since the Renogy lithium batteries can only be connected in Parallel.
If you don't mind me asking, why did you swap out 2 x 100ah batteries for this 200ah battery? Why not add the 200ah battery to those 2 x 100ah batteries?
Hi over there from Australia just wondering wot happen to the Renogy 100amp version you were using as I'm thinking about purchasing TWO of them to replace two AGM 100amp, in parallel in a motorhome or rv as say look forward your feedback on them thank again.
I have this exact battery and need to hook it up to my 3000w inverter... what size cable should I be using to run 2ft vs 4ft? full system includes a mppt dcdc charger and 4 x 100watt solar panels.
As someone whos extremely sensitive to EMF waves id love to know if this battery gives off a Bluetooth signal all the time(id imagine it would have to inorder to function) or if it only transmits when activated by a cell phone. I wish someone with an EMF meter would check out this Renogy 200 ah battery. Unless I can find out this information Im going with the 170ah Renogy battery just because it doesn't have Bluetooth built in and I cant seem to get an answer to this question from anyone including Renogy. The self heating function would be nice in the 170 and 200 ah batts but the ability to turn this battery off for safety and storage is awesome
I’m not sure about the EMF waves would also guess that the batter would have to emit them all the time. I would go with the 170ah and the 500a battery monitor
@@madetoexplore Thank you for the feedback. I had the wrong monitor in my amazon basket. I was going to order the smart monitor which is not compatible with the 170ah battery I also have in the basket. Just watched a video on hooking up the 500a monitor its a bit of a riggameroo to hook up. Ill be using a Tracer EPEver40 amp Charge controller with its MT50 monitor which gives alot of feedback. Im wondering if I should spend the extra $100 just to be able to see a battery % the MT50 will display voltage and some battery fullness gauges but not a % rating
If you take a look in the manual, the battery will only charge at a constant current of 60A - "During the standard charging process, the battery is first charged at constant current of 60A until the battery voltage reaches 14.4V". How did the system in your van managed this high amps to charge the battery?
Those numbers are listed on the battery itself and they are just the maximum amounts. The BMS will manage the charging process based on cell voltages. The maximum I charge my system is 50 amps.
@@madetoexplore the maximum charge current for the Renogy BT LiFePo4 200aH is - if the datasheet is correct - 100A, the max discharge current is 200A. Just check the manual at "charging battery" on page 09, thats what I refer to. Maybe I get it wrong or misunderstand the manual. My MPPT can charge with Up to 30A (2×175W@12V solar modules), will that be enough to dump my AGM to replace it with this LiFePo4?
@@EvolverDX that’s exactly what I say in the video lol Yeah I would say so! I have the 50 amp model but almost never max it out at 50 amps. Lithium has sooooo many advantages so I would definitely upgrade man!
@@madetoexplore yeah, you said it around 4:00 I know, thats why the stupid manual confuses me. I'm so sorry that I wasted your time, but 950€ is a huge investment for me. Thanks for your replies. 👍🏻
It shows only 4 cells, I thought it must be 8 100Ah cells for that size case. Do you know what is inside? Why are they using the 280 or 304Ah cells,I guess cheaper old stock
It would be good to see some actual reviews of these products rather than just show and tell endorsements. I purchased this battery and have been using it for a couple of months, its OK. Its my first 200AH Lithium, so I don't have any direct comparisons for it. I had an Itech 100ah before the RBT200LFP12 here in Australia. I did have it cut off once when I was drawing 125amps and down to around 11.5v. I've not drawn it down that low since, but I was not expecting that. Does anyone know of any actual reviews (ie testing !!!! and real word use) of this battery? Thats what is needed rather than show and tell's, show and tells from Brand Influencers are ok for a quick look, but just don't give you good unbiased info.
This was more of an open box/initial impressions review. After I use the battery for a few months I plan on doing a more thorough review. I can include real tests as well. Appreciate the feedback 👍
The battery will automatically go out of shelf mode with a min. charge or draw. Connect jumper cables from your vehicles battery to the Renogy battery and turn the vehicle on. That should give the battery enough charge to kick it out of shelf mode.
Thank you for the video. Going to order batteries from Renogy shortly, just deciding this or 2 x 100AH. Other then cost and extra cables, Any reason, I shouldn't just buy the big boy 200AH? Secondly, does the Bluetooth function replace the need for a shunt?
Battery was great to start with, but Bluetooth filed after about 6 months and getting Renogy UK to replace it is a nightmare, their customer service is shocking.
My Bluetooth stopped working as well and Canada customer support was not able to resolve. I still used it until now and it stopped taking a charge. Let’s see if they honour the warranty.
Nice video / review. No mention of combinability of this battery. Can you connect it in parallel? Can you connect it in series? You can NOT connect the 12v 100AH batteries in series, which means Renogy have built in obsolescene and rendered their batteries non-future proof!!
I didn't purchase these because the BMS can only handle 200a discharge. And the 3000w inverters will draw up to around 250a. - hopefully in future renogy fix this.
@@madetoexplore its really to support multiple items. For example, the induction cooktop will draw around 1200w at full steam. The fridge will be drawing 75w, then the hot water element might switch on in the water tank. Plus a few other 240v gadgets we use frequently. We are heavy power users i guess lol. - but yes, if we had multiple lithium batteries in parallel we could get away with it @12v (we ended up making a 48v system paired with a 2500w inverter.) And sadly the nice big lithium batteries from renogy wont support being in series.
200Ah VS 100Ah As with any complex and new technology you are in the mercy of it. I personally am not decided which one to by. Two totally different technology prismatic cells Lithium Iron Phosphate inside of 200Ah one. Pouch cells LiFpO4 inside of 100Ah one. Lifespan of 100Ah - 4000 cycles (80%DOD) , 200Ah - 2000 cycles (80% DOD)
The problem with lithium is that it's $1200 and the agm 200ah is like $400. Lithium needs to come down in price for me to take it seriously. Not everyone is made is endless cash.
Renogy is one of the most affordable batteries on the market. Also, the battery is a little bit larger than most but I wouldn’t say it’s a deal breaker. Just because it doesn’t work perfectly for your application, doesn’t mean it’s a bad battery.
@@madetoexplore I agree, never said it was a "bad battery, I said exactly what you said, it does not fit my application. But, I did say that was a "downside" and it IS, a downside for my application.
Sorry to hear that. I have tested and owned more than a dozen Renogy products over the past 5 years and never had an issue with any of their products 🤷♂️
Best video i have seen for information on these batteries. Brought 2 for my camper van.
Thanks! 😄
I purchased 2 back in March 2022. So far both are in parallel for 400AH. I use them to charge off of my solar system and run my Full Size Frig and 1 large freezer. Works awesome.. Only slow part is the Bluetooth app. I hope you enjoy your new battery as much as I have mine.
Nice! Lovin’ it so far but haven’t had enough time to really put it to the test. Hopefully soon 🤞
Yes the Bluetooth app is crap. Hopefully Renology will fix that soon
Hey Fella, great review. So I've got the same mppt-dc/dc charger that i'm going to get the BT-2 module. But, my foremost question is, have you decided the need for shunt monitoring add-on or are you happy with the app and the BT in the batteries. Kind Regards
I’d prefer the shunt. It’s way more accurate
we are upgrading our battery in the travel trailer to LiFePO4 to replace our aging lead acid canadian tire battery
after a year of use, are you still big on renogy?
we would start with 100 Ah and a dc to dc charger using the truck alternator and the existing charger in the trailer
That’s a great idea! Yes I am. The only downside to Renogy is that their international customer service isn’t the best.
I have recently received the very same battery for a simple 400w in-house emergency power supply to keep my fridge running and a couple of lights should we ever need a supplementary supply during an outage. It arrived at 41% and the app did take a little getting used to, but it works fine. Great video and thank you for sharing.
Welcome! Glad it’s working out 👍
My dogs went crazy over the doorbell haha
That’ll happen! 😂
I just purchased one of these batteries it says in the manual to charge at a rate of 60amps before you use it for the first time I have a 15 amp lithium profile charger. Would this be suitable for charging its battery before use and then connecting to the Renorgy 50amp mppt and solar just wondering how are you first charged this battery fully? Cheers thanks for your videos
Yes that would be suitable to charge the battery.
I just bought the same battery, have 400 watt solar panels, and a 2000w inverter... I saw you used 2awg, I'm using 4awg, do you think that is sufficient?
I used 2/0 cable which is much larger than 2awg cable. I would suggest you use the same!
I'm really looking at 2 of these batteries as my house bank for my boat. As I wouldn't be using the bank everyday, I would be looking at keeping it in storage for up to a month at a time.
I know it's not good to store them at full charge, but you said the bms automatically puts it into "shelf mode". Does that automatically discharge the battery? If so that would be really nice for my use. As it stands right now I have to disconnect the battery from the charging source long before I'm ready to leave the water so that I can discharge enough so that I can store at 50% capacity. If this battery does it automatically, that would be helpful.
The battery will automatically enter shelf mode after 24 hours of being disconnected. This doesn’t mean it will automatically discharge though. Renogy recommends have the battery between 30-50% before disconnecting it for storage.
Hey - really enjoying your video reviews and off-grid how to's! I'm relatively new to the Off-Grid camper trailer world... so please excuse my lack of knowledge... I'm considering either this 200Ah Bluetooth battery or the newer 200Ah Core lithium battery to replace the stock battery in our new Camper-trailer... any preference? A few related questions and specs:
- We live in Canmore/Rocky Mountains and (as you know), the spring/fall nights get quite cool and dip below 0C...Am I ok to install the battery outside on front triangle (thinking insulated battery box), or is it best to install inside the pass-through?
- Can I simply swap either of above suggested batteries from current battery setup?
- I believe current battery has 2/o sized wires
- 2000w WFCO Pure Sine Wave Inverter (model WF-5220)
- WFCO Auto Detect converter (model: WF-8735-AD-GE)
- currently have 200w solar panel... I plan to upgrade to 600w in the spring
Thanks for your advice!
Thank you very much! We spend a ton of time in Canmore. If you plan on using the camper trailer during the winter I’d recommend getting a heated battery for sure. If not, I’d recommend the CORE model because it has a much high cycle life than the BT battery. Is your current battery lithium?
@@madetoexplore Ok - The Renogy 200Ah Core it is… We don’t plan on using the unit in the winter - just regular 3-season camping.
My current battery is a Cross Country Battery UN2794 ‘Wet’ battery… there’s almost no info on it - but it didn’t last long with regular off-grid use! For simplicity- it would be great if I can just swap it out - but it’s probably best to install inside the camper? I like that 500am battery monitor too - definitely nice to keep track of battery levels.
Bought 2 of these. I think yours is the first review I've seen of them. Was hoping to find a teardown video but no luck so far. Personally don't care about the heating function. IMO it's a gimmick, I can't see those heaters being very reliable and seems to make more sense to me to just heat the environment where they are installed.
Thanks for watching! Good luck with the search 👍
Will Prowse does a RUclips video showing tear down of renogy
@@arthurpeterson1950 Not of the newer battery. That's the old one.
I;m curious what does the Bluetooth app mean when it says, 37.9 % and 30.44 Hr Time remaining. How is that time remaining calculated ? base on what wattage ? How much power will it take to deplete the battery?
The percentage is capacity. The hr is how much time it will take to either charge the battery to full or deplete it to empty. It’s calculated based on the current watt hours going in or coming out.
I have recently bought one of these 200Ah versions
The built in Bluetooth monitor or rather the BMS it is connected to seems to be very inaccurate providing a state of charge.
According to it the battery gets up to 99.1% and then the % stops increasing and it takes hours to complete the last fraction whilst still completing what’s probably in reality the last 10% of actual charging. This could be because the firmware only goes to 200Ah but the battery capacity is a bit higher, not sure but it’s very annoying!
I charge it via Rover40 using the built in Li profile.
The DC home app is extremely temperamental in connecting but when it does it’s quite interesting as there are discrepancies.
I suspect the V0100 firmware in my battery is a bit flaky, it’s obviously better than nothing but I can’t rely on it.
Right now I refer to my Aili external monitor to get an accurate Soc.
I really hope the low temp disconnect is accurate!
Hopefully Renogy will fix these issues soon 🤞
SoC metering is a near useless feature on any battery, any chemistry. On lithium based batteries, it's merely annoying, on lead acid, it's often fatal to the battery life expectancy. My lifepo4 batteries I now use are $5k each (48v, 150ah units), and the SoC meter is pretty useless. Go by the voltage, and the conditions the battery are currently under, to get a general charge level. Even my former systems which used Midnite gear were not very good at assessing the SoC. On lifepo4, you need to recalibrate them rather often, which is a bit of a pain, charging all the way to (in my case 56.4v), then discharging till depletion, then charging back up to (56.4v). Which is pretty impracticable when your living off your bank like I've been doing the past 11 years.
Great video 👍 so much so I’ve recently purchased one of these but now that the cold weather has arrived I’d love to know of a way to heat the battery. Have you found a solution and if so can you share that with us?
I have a heated Canbat battery that I use during winter. Renogy has heated 100ah batteries but unfortunately the 200ah is not. It’s to bad they don’t have a heated model. There are heated battery mats that some people have installed.
if bought 2 100AH batteries and run in parallel would the app see it as a 200ah battery and give 1 reading? or is it 2 separate readings ?
One reading 👍
Nice to see this at this price. I recently bought the SOK 206Ah battery with Bluetooth and heaters between the cells and 7yr + 3yr = 10yr warranty. It is awesome, but has very slightly higher price due to the added heaters. It’s good to see Renogy competing with SOK. Size/shape is different, too.
Yeah, the fact that prices are getting more affordable is really nice to see!
Any update on how this batterys going? Any problems?
No problems! Still working great 👍
Does this battery have a shunt built in? Do I need an external battery monitor like Renogy's RBM500?
No, you do not. It’s internal battery monitor is actually quite accurate. The only frustrating part is the app.
What would be the easiest most cost effective way to grab power off of this? I understand the charging options just not sure how to use the power it provides. Looking for something cheap and easy.
That depends on what you are using the power for?
I'm consiering a home solar system and would like to add a Tesla/Generac lithium battery back up. A gas/butane Generac generator or the aforementioned battery systems are quoted with the GAF solar shingle-tiles, the pricing gets up to $16k over the bare solar system. Ouch! I'm a 70YO DIY type guy. My question is: Can these off-grid batteries work for me? Being in a hurricane region on the Texas coast, I want to see how I can reduce cost. Thanks for your thoughts. Richard
Yes they should work for you although most larger systems operate on a higher voltage like 24v or 48v. You may want to look into this since the Renogy lithium batteries can only be connected in Parallel.
If you don't mind me asking, why did you swap out 2 x 100ah batteries for this 200ah battery? Why not add the 200ah battery to those 2 x 100ah batteries?
You can’t connect different size batteries unfortunately or I would have for sure!
Hi over there from Australia just wondering wot happen to the Renogy 100amp version you were using as I'm thinking about purchasing TWO of them to replace two AGM 100amp, in parallel in a motorhome or rv as say look forward your feedback on them thank again.
I still have both the 100ah batteries and they still work great. I’d recommend that as well since they have a longer cycle life than the 200ah battery
is that battery good for a boat?
Yes although I’d recommend the new core model because this one only has a cycle life of 2000 which is pretty low
Better than Battle Born?
I would hope not since battle born is 4 times the cost! Haha
I thought I heard you say cold temperature cut off. Does it have that?
Yes, the BMS has a low temperature cut off so it won’t be charged below a certain temperature to protect the lithium cells
@@madetoexplore Great! because I already installed mine last week in my Dynamax REV, now I don't have to worry about it.
Thank you for the informative video. How did you secure the battery?
I have a small frame made of 2x2’s and plywood that hold the battery in place
Was there a reason you replaced the Canbat? Was this just to try the Renogy or did you have issues?
No, the Canbat battery is still working awesome! I’ll be reinstalling it in the fall before it gets cold.
Ordered one of these just 3 days ago With a 50 amp DC-DC\MPPT controller\Charger. With 2x175 watt panels. We shall see...
Nice! I have those parts in my system too
How do I activate the battery? just connect to the charge controller? (both is new)
The battery will automatically turn on and activate when it senses a charge or discharge.
I have this exact battery and need to hook it up to my 3000w inverter... what size cable should I be using to run 2ft vs 4ft? full system includes a mppt dcdc charger and 4 x 100watt solar panels.
What is the max surge power for your inverter?
@@madetoexplore hmm the induction cook top.. max is 1800 watt
@@cbarbs638 yes but just incase you max out the inverter, you want to make sure the wire can handle the max surge. What model inverter is it?
@@madetoexplore oh haha, it is the 3000W 12V Pure Sine Wave Inverter... says the surge power is 6000w
Renogy battery, inverter, mppt, and panels
As someone whos extremely sensitive to EMF waves id love to know if this battery gives off a Bluetooth signal all the time(id imagine it would have to inorder to function) or if it only transmits when activated by a cell phone. I wish someone with an EMF meter would check out this Renogy 200 ah battery. Unless I can find out this information Im going with the 170ah Renogy battery just because it doesn't have Bluetooth built in and I cant seem to get an answer to this question from anyone including Renogy. The self heating function would be nice in the 170 and 200 ah batts but the ability to turn this battery off for safety and storage is awesome
I’m not sure about the EMF waves would also guess that the batter would have to emit them all the time. I would go with the 170ah and the 500a battery monitor
@@madetoexplore Thank you for the feedback. I had the wrong monitor in my amazon basket. I was going to order the smart monitor which is not compatible with the 170ah battery I also have in the basket. Just watched a video on hooking up the 500a monitor its a bit of a riggameroo to hook up. Ill be using a Tracer EPEver40 amp Charge controller with its MT50 monitor which gives alot of feedback. Im wondering if I should spend the extra $100 just to be able to see a battery % the MT50 will display voltage and some battery fullness gauges but not a % rating
If you take a look in the manual, the battery will only charge at a constant current of 60A - "During the standard charging process, the battery is first charged at constant current of 60A until the battery voltage reaches 14.4V".
How did the system in your van managed this high amps to charge the battery?
Those numbers are listed on the battery itself and they are just the maximum amounts. The BMS will manage the charging process based on cell voltages. The maximum I charge my system is 50 amps.
@@madetoexplore the maximum charge current for the Renogy BT LiFePo4 200aH is - if the datasheet is correct - 100A, the max discharge current is 200A.
Just check the manual at "charging battery" on page 09, thats what I refer to. Maybe I get it wrong or misunderstand the manual.
My MPPT can charge with Up to 30A (2×175W@12V solar modules), will that be enough to dump my AGM to replace it with this LiFePo4?
@@EvolverDX that’s exactly what I say in the video lol
Yeah I would say so! I have the 50 amp model but almost never max it out at 50 amps. Lithium has sooooo many advantages so I would definitely upgrade man!
@@madetoexplore yeah, you said it around 4:00 I know, thats why the stupid manual confuses me.
I'm so sorry that I wasted your time, but 950€ is a huge investment for me. Thanks for your replies. 👍🏻
It shows only 4 cells, I thought it must be 8 100Ah cells for that size case.
Do you know what is inside? Why are they using the 280 or 304Ah cells,I guess cheaper old stock
Yeah, cheaper option for sure and no I haven’t opened up the case.
It would be good to see some actual reviews of these products rather than just show and tell endorsements.
I purchased this battery and have been using it for a couple of months, its OK. Its my first 200AH Lithium, so I don't have any direct comparisons for it. I had an Itech 100ah before the RBT200LFP12 here in Australia. I did have it cut off once when I was drawing 125amps and down to around 11.5v. I've not drawn it down that low since, but I was not expecting that.
Does anyone know of any actual reviews (ie testing !!!! and real word use) of this battery? Thats what is needed rather than show and tell's, show and tells from Brand Influencers are ok for a quick look, but just don't give you good unbiased info.
This was more of an open box/initial impressions review. After I use the battery for a few months I plan on doing a more thorough review. I can include real tests as well. Appreciate the feedback 👍
Nice video post
Thanks!
How do I activate the battery without solar or a lithium charger? Is it even possible 🤔, confused isnt even close to describing how i feel right now 🙄
The battery will automatically go out of shelf mode with a min. charge or draw. Connect jumper cables from your vehicles battery to the Renogy battery and turn the vehicle on. That should give the battery enough charge to kick it out of shelf mode.
I've wanted to buy various Renogy products but they only have Paypal as an option, I don't have Paypal, I prefer my Credit card.
You can buy most of the Renogy products off of Amazon as well. I’ve used Amazon for a few and the shipping is usually quicker.
Does this mean you can not plug a renogy monitor directly to the battery?
That’s right, why would you need to connect a monitor?
@@madetoexplore i tend to leave my phone way out of site when i go bush, thank you for your fast reply
@@PundiddyViddys I understand that! Nothing better than detaching for a while. I’d go with the monitor/shunt setup then probably.
I have 4 200ah Lithium battery's Can anyone show me a diagram to series them to24v? Thank you James
Unfortunately, you can only connect them in parallel
@@madetoexplore thank you
Thank you for the video. Going to order batteries from Renogy shortly, just deciding this or 2 x 100AH. Other then cost and extra cables, Any reason, I shouldn't just buy the big boy 200AH?
Secondly, does the Bluetooth function replace the need for a shunt?
Welcome! Thanks for watching. I would definitely order the 200ah battery.
Thats correct, no shunt is required.
@@madetoexplore wow. Batman. Fast reply. Thanks man
Battery was great to start with, but Bluetooth filed after about 6 months and getting Renogy UK to replace it is a nightmare, their customer service is shocking.
@@forbiddenracer2056 that’s strange! Haven’t heard of the Bluetooth failing before. Have you tried completely draining the battery to reset the BMS?
My Bluetooth stopped working as well and Canada customer support was not able to resolve. I still used it until now and it stopped taking a charge. Let’s see if they honour the warranty.
Nice video / review. No mention of combinability of this battery. Can you connect it in parallel? Can you connect it in series? You can NOT connect the 12v 100AH batteries in series, which means Renogy have built in obsolescene and rendered their batteries non-future proof!!
Unfortunately you can only connect most Renogy batteries, including this one, in parallel.
You turned it on and it worked! I learned nothing. Show wire to wire complete install, with all components please.
Does the title say “complete install”? NOPE!
I plan on doing a complete install and review video soon though. Thanks for watching!
I didn't purchase these because the BMS can only handle 200a discharge. And the 3000w inverters will draw up to around 250a. - hopefully in future renogy fix this.
That’s fair! You could always buy two tho. Just out of curiosity, what are you powering that requires 250a?
@@madetoexplore its really to support multiple items. For example, the induction cooktop will draw around 1200w at full steam. The fridge will be drawing 75w, then the hot water element might switch on in the water tank. Plus a few other 240v gadgets we use frequently. We are heavy power users i guess lol. - but yes, if we had multiple lithium batteries in parallel we could get away with it @12v (we ended up making a 48v system paired with a 2500w inverter.) And sadly the nice big lithium batteries from renogy wont support being in series.
There are almost no 200AH lithium batteries that allow for over 200a discharge. You will need to either get 3-100AH or 2-200AH batteries.
Just tried using your discount code but it's not valid. A bit disappointing.
Thanks for letting me know as it still should be working! I’ll contact Renogy and get it updated ASAP
200Ah VS 100Ah As with any complex and new technology you are in the mercy of it. I personally am not decided which one to by. Two totally different technology prismatic cells Lithium Iron Phosphate inside of 200Ah one. Pouch cells LiFpO4 inside of 100Ah one. Lifespan of 100Ah - 4000 cycles (80%DOD) , 200Ah - 2000 cycles (80% DOD)
When it comes to Renogy, I’d go with two of the 100ah personally.
Don't forget to use the code MADETOTRAVEL for a discount! Thank you guys so much for watching? What do you think of Renogy's new bluetooth battery??
so the battery was delivered only at 37%????
Yes, it’s not good for lithium batteries to be stored at a high state of charge.
The problem with lithium is that it's $1200 and the agm 200ah is like $400. Lithium needs to come down in price for me to take it seriously. Not everyone is made is endless cash.
Yeah, it would certainly be nice if it was cheaper!
In 3 yrs you will be replacing that not to mention your 200 agm is only 100 amp at 13.6 14volt
All depends on yourr take ....
Do you know how many Ah you should use out of your 200Ah AGM ?
Compare that to what you can use out of this lithium battery
Videos are nice, but you really need to cut the music out when you’re talking or make it waaaay quieter. It’s super annoying.
Thanks for watching!
For my boat, two battery application, that is 2 THOUSAND dollars AND it is too long to even fit. Those are TWO downsides, don't you think?
Renogy is one of the most affordable batteries on the market. Also, the battery is a little bit larger than most but I wouldn’t say it’s a deal breaker. Just because it doesn’t work perfectly for your application, doesn’t mean it’s a bad battery.
@@madetoexplore I agree, never said it was a "bad battery, I said exactly what you said, it does not fit my application. But, I did say that was a "downside" and it IS, a downside for my application.
I don’t understand what it does
I’d recommend searching “how a battery works”
I have this 200Ah for 3 months, worst home app I've experience.
I recently found out that the DC home app doesn’t work when you’re out of service too…
Yes DO NOT Bother with the Renolgy DC Home App, Terrible app, the Renology BT app is a bit better, still rubbish, but it sort of works.
Yeah? I got Renogy products for over 5 years now. Their warranties are worthless. I would never consider another Renogy product.
Sorry to hear that. I have tested and owned more than a dozen Renogy products over the past 5 years and never had an issue with any of their products 🤷♂️
Same crappy app still in use. Drops constantly.
Interesting, I’ve never had a problem with the app dropping connection 🤔
$1000 battery. In a camper? Lights, TV overnight? Fight inflations? Biden will buy this.
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