A 'float' of around 13.3V is about perfect, won't charge the battery, will carry the load.
Yes the Victron is a little more expensive, but they are very high quality products and you will be up and running in minutes - the phone app or computer app is extremely easy to use (no futzing with cables, drivers etc). If you want a display/interface there is also one available, but the app is so good I doubt you would end up wanting one.
Almot wrote:
FWC wrote:
I am still not sure why you were trying to set the float so low.
But I think you are on the right track, with the amount of time sunk into this you would be further ahead to just buy a Victron MPPT to begin with and call it good. Skip the Renogy and get one that is easy to program and just works, no laptop required.
I tried to set Float low because the battery manual said so - no Float or as low as possible :).
Victron quality is definitely superior to Epever or Renogy, though at a double cost. From what I read, Victron has no display and no interface on the actual unit, you have to use the phone app or again a laptop with cable. Seems like after the defunct Rogue nobody can make a small MPPT with a proper interface on the unit. Don't recall anybody before Rogue, either. Kid by Midnite Solar came the closest, at a higher price and fewer features.
