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so last week I got my tiles from amazone for putting under the mattress. I was originaly looking at the froli system, but at 600 bucks I'll pass. this is what I ended up getting, they are a flexib...
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Always fun when the UPS truck shows up. I purchase all Victron for my setup except a Renogy 3000w Inverter/Charger. It was Black Friday and way better priced than a Victron MultiPlus-II. Well, 2 years in and about 25 nights in the RV, I notice the Renogy is no longer charging my batteries or providing 12volt power. Inverter is working fine, converter not so much. I contacted Renogy Tech Support and they had me run some tests to confirm that the AC converter was out. No warranty (1 year), no parts, no way to repair it. They offered a 6% off coupon for my troubles. Signing up to their newsletter gets you 10% off. I am waiting for my new Victron MultuPlus-II to show up, with a 5-year warranty and 20 pounds lighter. Enjoy your blue boxes.
I have no issues with my renogy stuff, like I mentioned it came purely down to the size of the MPPT for what I needed for amp output. theroeticly if my panels put out 100% of their rating and the full 30% extra from the bifacial gain I would be pushing 53 amps, they way I am mounting them I will probably see a 5% gain from the bifacial so that will put me at 43 amps to the battery. so that is more than the renogy rover 40amp can do, so I would need to jump up to the 60 amp modle and the size increases substantualy as it has a display and built heavier. the victron 150/45 hits that sweet spot as it can put out 45amps to the battery.
the biggest issue I had is I had to buy off amazon as the two retailers listed for where I work, one is out of buisness, the other has no stock on the shelf and when I asked them the price of the 150/45 they quoted me 600 cdn, when every other place was listing 300.00 so I walked out on them, verified the amazon supliers I was buying from were authorized resellers and bought them there.
I did want to go with renogy for one reason, it has worked good for me, is a lot cheeper than Victron, and I like the "core one" add on. it is the equivelant of cerbo and the display, but it adds a 6 axis leveling system that you can pull up on your phone and see when your unit is the most level as your pulling into a spot and so on. so by going victron I gave this up.
now having said all that, there is stuff I like about victron, I worked with it quite a bit in the late 90's and early 2000's when I was changing navy boat systems to more moderen setups.
I found out yesterday that when you put the victron connect app on your phone it comes up on android auto so I can check stuff from my car. and I found out I don't have to spend 600 bucks on a cerbo and display , I have a raspberry pi 4b in the box still so I can use the venus os and turn my Pi into a cerbo, the only thing I will have to buy is a screen if I want one, and thats under 100 bucks cdn for a 7", or I can just use a old tablet. and the 4pin jst to usb victron patch cables to put my smart shunt and mppt into the pi. so I can so a whole cerbo gx and display (600 cdn value) for about 120.00 if I splurge for the big screen.
I wish they made just a 2000 watt inverter with out the multiplus stuff, I don't need a charger, I don't need a power sharing system, just a 2000 watt inverter hahah
