Should You Use A Battery Shunt / Monitor?

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DCHOUSE Lifepo4 Battery Links -
These batteries are available via Amazon amzn.to/4eoGB6h and eBay - ebay.us/cBWn3I
They also have a 12V 200Ah version on eBay - ebay.us/x0xoH6 and a 24V 100Ah ebay.us/4P4QmB (clicking these links will take you to eBay)
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Clamp Meter -amzn.to/4cyIxqX or eBay ebay.us/wwtUna
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---Solar Charge Controllers -
Renogy Rover 20A SCC - amzn.to/3TIWU5u
Renogy Rover 30A SCC - amzn.to/3xc2LYb
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Battery Capacity Testers
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Battery Shunts/Monitors
Victron 500A Smart Shunt - amzn.to/4crzlES
Victron 1000A Smart Shunt - amzn.to/3KUPrLB
Victron 2000A Smart Shunt - amzn.to/4c62Tbo
Budget 100A Shunt - amzn.to/3XBrvV0
Renogy 500A Monitor - amzn.to/3xsdL4l
Class T Fuses etc
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110A Class T Fuse & Holder - amzn.to/3VUrSYz
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Victron Smart Battery Sense - amzn.to/3XzLfIH
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Inverters------
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Renogy 3000W - amzn.to/3KR9NVY
12V 1000W PSW Inverter - amzn.to/3KSJYow
24V 3000W Inverter - amzn.to/3VA56VF
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Diy Battery Heater-----
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Battery Chargers
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[@adrianbentley2190]

Thanks DC guy for the Renogy and other shunt video review very useful.

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 it's appreciated. Best wishes.

[@mreilly1325]

Renogy Keep up the good work it's good to have someone in the UK talking about things rather than American that you can't get here anyway

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 it's appreciated. Yes we don't have the choices the North Americans have, they also have the sun 😆

[@Malburn]

Wow! Thank you! Emailing you shortly with my details. I don't think I've won as much as a pub raffle in my life, so this is great :)

[@DCGUY]

I'm chuffed for you and I have the details. Thank you for your continued support 🙏

[@JD-kn9di]

Renogy. I pulled the trigger on the Eco Worthy 100 ah after watching your review, thanks for the info.

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment 🙏

[@BritishAnts]

Really could do with this, West Sussex here and new subscriber! I’m currently using a screen grab of voltage levels to work out where my two Renogy 100 amp batteries are after use. It’s a nightmare as over discharged them within 5 days by plugging my PS4 , tv and sound bar in for a few hours longer than I should have! Anywho great video and good luck to all who hope to win. X

[@DCGUY]

Thank you for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 it's appreciated. Your names in the hat. Cheers 🍻

[@brotherkith]

Renogy Nice video on a good range of shunts. I use Renogy batteries but monitor with a Victron Bluetooth shunt. I look forward to your presentations as they are clear, precise and useful. I look after a number of small off-grid systems here in our off-grid community in Wales.

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 it's appreciated. Would love to learn what's working for you, biggest issues you've encountered excluding our beautiful clouds and rain 😆

[@andrewgardner7104]

Good info as always thanks. I think I will buy a cheep one and have a play with it .

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 it's appreciated. Yes, worth experimenting with.

[@skysurferuk]

Renogy Also I needed to know about shunts, tbh it's always been a bit of a mystery to me. Thanks for posting 👍

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment 🙏

[@frankodoherty6510]

Good job. Very informative

[@jamest.5001]

I need one of these, renogy I bought 3 now, I noticed about a year after I bought it, it's 50amp, haha, I'm not running a 5kw inverter off that, I really need a 500 amp version, my peak current is about 280-300amps, so a 500 amp shunt would be a good fit, plenty of head room! And I'd pay shipping! 😎

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for the support 🙏

[@Malburn]

Renogy 😊 Interesting topic, thank you for covering it

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 it's appreciated

[@Malburn]

@@DCGUY Your more than welcome. Thanks to your disassembly videos, when a Eco-worthy 100ah came up at a great price recently, I didn't hesitate to buy it! Was planning to buy a second Ultramax, but I'll wait to see what you think of the brand :)

[@DCGUY]

Yes they are on the list, I suspect they are re branded eco worthy. Will soon find out.

[@DCGUY]

Hi. Your name has been drawn for the Renogy giveaway. If you can email me at [e-mail] with your details please. Congratulations 👏

[@richardbarwick8111]

Renogy, thanks for the videos have helped me a lot am in the process of upgrading to Lithium batteries this would be good to have.

[@DCGUY]

Thank you for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 for sure you want to protect your investment

[@Sam-tw5jn]

Maybe I had a faulty unit but my experience with the 'ebay shunt' measured things like amps, Kw etc in half. I ended up going for the Victron Smart Shunt, it was a heck of a lot pricier but it works flawlessly.

[@DCGUY]

Yes the victron is easy to use and very accurate

[@Guardianwill]

Renogy! I just finished building a small solar generator with the kids for science project and am trying to save up to build a more household solar generator. This would be helpful!

[@DCGUY]

Thank you for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 it's appreciated. Sounds like a fun project, your in the draw.

[@Guardianwill]

@@DCGUY Thank you as well.

[@funkyronster]

I think you should point out that the budget shunt only measures current in one direction. This might be OK in some circumstances, but most applications need to measure charge and discharge.

[@DCGUY]

Many thanks, a good point 👉

[@LastExile1989]

If you're charge controller can't show you those things get a new one. Not to mention you can always get a 2nd one.

[@Dirt-Diggler]

Nice one 👍 I think my shunt is an Aili 🤔 very similar to the Renogy shunt but the screen isn't as good as the Renogy one you show ☹️ Not interested in the competition 👍 save it for someone who needs one, just wanted to say i enjoyed the vid 😎

[@DCGUY]

As always, thank you for taking the time to watch and comment. 🍻 cheers

[@jamest.5001]

I had to resubscribe!

[@DCGUY]

Thank you for the support 🙏

[@tinyhomeincred-i-box]

Aren’t those first 2 items fuses..not shunts, or do you all call it all a shunt?

[@DCGUY]

Hi, thanks for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 They are battery shunts, not Fuses. I tried overloading one here kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3jXemmfZcl-qdk

[@solarandwindinsouthtexasda1473]

I like them i have 2

[@bobscullion3533]

Hi, new subscriber, I use the renogy but dont set the alarm function, found it to be a bit of a pain, if I had a load on the battery, diesel heater for example, if the battery got to 12.1v the alarm went off as set, but if I turned the diesel heater off the alarm would still go and battery monitor stayed at 0% even though when I checked with a volt meter it was back up to 12.5 and when you start to recharge either driving using b2b, solar or mains it got to 20% and didnt charge anymore, I had to reset to full/max (130ah agm) but after deleting alarm function I can clearly see percentage, ah, power being used or charging at a glance. Hope that makes sense.

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and subscribing it's appreciated and yes it makes total sense. The alarm function is geared towards lithium as opposed agm or other lead acid chemistry due to the way they discharge. Good info 👍 thanks for letting us know.

[@LA-Creative]

Hi, great video! Do you know if the Renogy Meter can work work with non-Renogy controllers (for basic reading of the physical meter, not for use with the Renogy app)? Also which of these monitors allows you to see both the current coming into the battery from the panels as well as current going out? My understanding is that for the cheapest one you have, that if you want to see bi-directional current you need to have two meters? Is that true? Thanks so much for making this video.

[@DCGUY]

Hi, you don't need 2 monitors, almost all shunts read bi directionally. I like the victron smart shunt, but junctek are popular too but bit more wiring involved in set up.

[@LA-Creative]

@@DCGUY thank you for clarifying that! This was so helpful.

[@markweatherall7437]

Hi again, I see in your video there's an on/off switch on the side of the battery, does the switch need to be on when recharging it please? The reason I ask is my ebike battery needs to be switched on when recharging it and & wondered if its the same procedure. Thank you.

[@DCGUY]

Hello and thanks for the continued support. The switch only turns on the USB ports, the charger port goes directly to the battery. I'm not a great fan of the supplied charger and would suggest charging this battery in the usual way using main terminals.

[@markweatherall7437]

@@DCGUY Thanks again for your reply answer & recommendations;)

[@canamman111]

Renogy for me please...

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment 🙏

[@jamest.5001]

Renogy 👍⁹

[@michaeldudley7840]

Renogy!

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 it's appreciated. All the 👌 best

[@StevenLucasMarketing]

Renogy

[@RichieRich-l6s]

Enjoy your videos and tests, Renogy is good quality. Cheers, Rich!

[@DCGUY]

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment.its appreciated 🙏

[@cliffandrews]

Renogy

[@DCGUY]

Thank you for watching and taking time to comment 🙏 it's appreciated. Your names added to the hat, cheers 🍻