The Ultimate Cost Effective Lithium battery monitor & 500a Shunt [ Renogy & iTech ]

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[@G3516dude]

Just installed today. Waiting for Jayco charger to top up before I sync the shunt. But just wanted to thank you again for your awesome video, it has helped me immensely in the install process... cheers.

[@shanecrees1239]

Keen to see an update clip on CV this unit. I have the same one, which I'm planning to run in my new canopy build, to monitor my 100Ah Lead Crystal battery.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

This has been a great unit and still is, its been useful and trouble free to this date

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Buy the Battery monitor here bit.ly/31cVx6h

[@flickinlures]

Best review iv'e seen so far on this monitor , great job mate 👌

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hey mate, really appreciate the feedback! Thank you!

[@someevil]

Hey mate, great video. I too am looking to mount the display in some malamine wood, i am unsure how to secure the display to the wood as there does not appear to be any screws to fix it in place. Can you confirm if your display works itself loose after a few km's?

[@stevecrowe176]

Thanks for the vid. Question if ok. So you run your solar panel negative wire via the shunt 1st then to the MPPT controller?? AND then also run the MPPT controller negative wire via the shunt 1st? (Instead of going directly to the negative post on battery) Thank you. Cheers

[@steveodonnell2921]

If you have two 12 volt batteries in series do you need two monitors? Thanks for the excellent video

[@brownies-midlifeadventure5333]

Awesome review thanks mate 🤠👍

[@craigmartin1086]

Excellent video mate, I have installed mine and had to watch again to make sure all my negatives are on the outside of the shunt......busbar for me, had about 5 news to connect. Watching your dial heater video after this..... keep up the great work, I too am in adders......

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Good to hear, thank you so much mate!!

[@G3516dude]

Very informative video. I too have just purchased an iTech 120x battery and am researching best bang for buck monitor. This Renergy looks pretty spot on!

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Thank you!

[@79series]

Hi mate. how's this going I've just grabbed a lithium 120ah and now looking for a lithium monitor. did you end up having the correct figures to go in it. thanks

[@louismilo95]

Just wondering if you’ve ended up putting 105 amps on the battery monitor? I’ve got the exact same setup and thinking to use 105 to be on the safe side

[@G3516dude]

Just revisited the iTech spec page and it says that the ‘C20 Rating usable Amps 10V: 105Ah’. So, like you said in your installation video perhaps the ‘Effective capacity’ (e.g. usable capacity) = 105 Ah and the ‘Nominal Capacity’ = 120Ah?

[@kremnoisuf441]

Hey mate did you do this install whilst the battery was live, I’ve got this shiny and want to install but am scared to touch anything if live

[@timlarcombe7259]

Awesome video mate. Just purchased one. Waiting for delivery now. Did it come with the negative linking cable from shunt to battery. If not where did you get that one from, it’s nice and neat.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Thanks so much! We are still loving the simplicity and info from the unit. No it didn’t come with that, but could easily be purchased from an autoparts store (even auto barn usually has pre made cables)

[@AussieVanAdventures]

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[@jessiewhittaker9417]

Can you monitor solar input with this?

[@steverashleigh594]

Thanks aussie van great video. can I monitor 2 lithium batteries with one unit

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Yes you can, if they are connected in parallel. You would just need to let the monitor know the total amp hours being used.

[@uziman3800]

Do you know that the 120x battery is only 105Ah according to their spec?

[@petcuyvers]

Thanks for this well made video. I purchased the same model battery monitor here in Australia after buying a Lithium battery and realising after I now need a special type of Solar/Dc-Dc charger. I went with the Redarc BCDC1225D as that was the brand they sold at Autobarn/Jaycar Lismore N.S.W. and I needed to return/exchange a simple battery isolator I already wrongly purchased ( I made mistakes and learned as I went along haha ). Next time I would most likely go for the Enerdrive that you used. Installed my Renogy Battery Meter last weekend, but watching your vid helped me set up the parrameters as instructions not so clear. I only have a 100AH and now entered 80AH after your info. Still need to test evrything out as mine seems to be float charging most of the time as pleny of sun and driving here haha.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hi Pete, Thanks a bunch for the feedback! Really appreciate you taking the time to comment! Yes the battery has been good so far, cant fault it. Autobarn are usually pretty good with returns etc.. So hopefully that was all ok. the redarc charger is a great charger, we have a 1250D in the caravan paired up with the BmPro and we get up to 80amps of charge in the van.. so we cant speak highly enough of the redarc charger, The enerdrive is a little more bulky.. but has a few more options, so both are great. Safe travels mate!

[@christopherowens2635]

Fresh out the box, does the renogy battery monitor automatically detects the AH of any battery you hooked up to? Or do you have to manually entered the AH of the battery into the renogy monitor device?

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hi mate, you have to manually enter the AH of your battery bank on the first time you ever power up the unit. so just the one time. Here is a link to the instructions, (see page 6) chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/viewer.html?pdfurl=https%3A%2F%2Fau.renogy.com%2Fcontent%2Fmanual%2FRBM500.Manual.pdf&clen=829693 A link to buy the monitor too.. bit.ly/31cVx6h

[@milesabove5259]

I have this unit but it’s a generic Chinese unit. Exactly the same without the renogy branding. It’s on a 120ah 24v lithium system on my boat and it works perfectly. You can find the exact same unit for around $50 from some suppliers.

[@G3516dude]

Jaycar have one that looks similar for $50.

[@87tunj]

Yeah they don't have the 6m length cable that comes with renogy

[@zerobambiro]

If i am gonna use this think, i really need to make a switch for the lightning on that monitor. I don't know if it will light up the whole night while i am sleeping in my small campervan.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hi mate, you can turn the light off from memory. There should be an instruction download on their website in the link.

[@bailezzzmc33]

Hey man, I assume you’ve got a battery charger. Where is your negative cable from your battery charger going? On my car the negative out on my ctek goes down to my battery. I was thinking of putting my shunt between my ctek and my negative terminal.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hey mate. Every single cable on negative side HAS to run through the shunt.. so the shunt HAS to be between all loads and the battery including the charge negative cable and battery. A good way to picture it is that every. Single. Bit of power in and out has to run through the shunt. So its battery.. then shunt.. then every negative in/out load. Nothing can connect straight to the battery.. only the shunt.

[@bobscullion3533]

hi, do you run an earth/ground cable from P- or just an earth/ground cable from the negative on the battery itself, thanks Bob

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hi mate, every singe earth needs to go through the shunt, there can be no earths between the shunt and the battery, all earths need to be on the load side of the shunt. This way every bit of power that leaves the battery has to pass through the shunt and therefore every bit of power is measured by the shunt. there is chassis to ground everywhere else.

[@bobscullion3533]

@@AussieVanAdventures thank for the reply, so you just earth your leisure battery as normal to the chassis and battery negative to B- and P- to negative bus bar (which I have every negative connected to)

[@nickglyptis1860]

Hi mate Where did you get the contact number for renogy I can't find it anywhere could you please provide as I'm buying exact same setup as you,battery and monitor,are you 100 % sure that's the way the parameters have to be set for that battery?....Cheers mate 👍

[@youtubkeeper]

Why was the backlight fading on and off? Is that a setting that can be changed?

[@Wayne.A.D]

The backlight flashes while in a charging state, unfortunately this cannot be altered in the settings

[@Montysonthemove]

Hey mate any chance you would be able to help me set up my monitor please ? It’s doing my head in lol.

[@junctek7696]

Fortunately to see your video, JUNTEK has launched the new KG140F. We look forward to your comments.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hi guys. Feel free to contact us if you would like us to have a look at your product. Thanks

[@bobflyer4346]

Nice video. Question: Does the unit draw current when not in use? Can you turn it off manually? Once the power source is turned off, does the unit retain all of the settings and data? Just do not wish for unit to over time discharge the battery pack with small current drain of the meter. Thanks in advance

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Thank you! Yes it does draw a very very very small current when on.. but you CAN turn the screen off and yes it does keep its memory and settings (only when disconnected from power does it loose the settings) we have never had an issue with it draining the battery though. thanks

[@bobflyer4346]

@@AussieVanAdventures Thanks for the response...Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

[@robertgregory2618]

@@AussieVanAdventures It will not loose settings as it has built in memory .

[@bill8757]

Hi there Aussie Van I dont know if you can help me out here. I have installed the same monitor. when I connect it to solar to charge the batteries the screen keeps on blinking on and off. when it is charged and I disconnect it it is fine the light is off, I press the ok button the light turns on for a few seconds then goes off. It measures fine. it is just when I connect my solar it constantly blinks on and off. Cheers Bill

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hi Bill.. yes this is normal unfortunately. When it sees a charge, it slowly flashes. You can turn it off like this though.. While charging the battery, the LCD screen's backlight will also be slowly flashing. In order to turn off the backlight function,Long press front Keyboard can turn off the backlight, Long press again Keyboard can Wake up the backlight.

[@bill8757]

@@AussieVanAdventures Hi thanks for the quick reply :) you mean long press anywhere on the front keyboard

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Sorry, the top right button. The one that is a double arrow

[@BryanMayberry]

Mine has been installed for three days now and I’ve yet to see the up-arrows (or the + symbol) indicating it is charging during daylight hours. It shows the down arrows (and the - symbol) all the time. What have I done wrong?

[@AussieVanAdventures]

What’s your setup exactly?

[@BryanMayberry]

@@AussieVanAdventures 12-100aH LiFePo4 Battle Born, wired in series parallel to create a 24vdc. It’s an off-grid solar system.

[@damienpenza1656]

so time on are you still happy with it mate?

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Loving it mate! Nothing bad to say.

[@VewySiwwyWabbit]

I have three AGM batteries of 200ah each, When setting up the capacity should I plug in 200ah or the total of all three batteries which is 600ah? Thanks in advance.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hello. You will need to tell it the total battery bank size. (So 600 in your example)

[@RoyerRogers545]

You enter the “usable capacity” roughly 80% = 160 x 3 = 480ah!

[@lesfewster5372]

@@RoyerRogers545 Not for AGM, Max should be 50% so 300Ah

[@RoyerRogers545]

@@lesfewster5372 Thank Les, you’re right! It says AGM.

[@Jpc2338]

If you are adding those batteries together as parallel connection, than 600ah total only has about 300ah usable as they’re AGM

[@newport5504]

How mate how is the monitor going still looks great

[@AussieVanAdventures]

It’s still going well! No issues to report. If I had to pick on anything, maybe I’d like it to have Bluetooth/WiFi to an app? But that’s just being picky and would take the price up to what other much more expensive units cost

[@newport5504]

@@AussieVanAdventures thanks mate going to order one now, did you just get it from the renogy website

[@AussieVanAdventures]

@@newport5504 hey mate! Yes just from the website (or eBay have them too, as they have an official eBay store) but we have a discount code in the video description if that helps? What ever works out cheaper for you)

[@G3516dude]

Ive just received the Renogy 500amp battery monitor. I am about to install and have watched several installation videos. Question: Is CAP (capacity) = to usable Ah or Total Ah of battery. We have an iTech 120x lithium and you put in 105Ah as usable Ah, whereas I’ve seen other videos where they enter the Total Battery Capacity. Which is correct? Usable CAP or Total CAP? Thanks

[@bradleymarshall5591]

Just installed one of these. Nice little unit but for some reason as soon as I start my car it pops the percentage straight from say 50% to 100%. Full voltage of my agm is 13.2 but charger bumps it upto 14.2 during bulk charge. Not sure how I'm going to get around it. You'd think the unit would be smart enough to count the amps put in during charging and just take them off what's been taken out. Bit disappointed with it at this stage.

[@AussieVanAdventures]

Hmmm.. that doesn’t sound right at all, the unit (shunt) knows the difference and only calculates usage by amp flow.. not voltage. Do you have every single negative cable going through the shunt.. every. Single. Negative cable. All in and out negative cables

[@NatoPotat0e]

I have the same issue (140ah AGM with Redarc BCDC1240D), gonna have a play around today and see if anything changes. Anyone running an AGM setup willing to share what high/low/alarm settings they configured theirs with?

[@AussieVanAdventures]

@@NatoPotat0e very strange.. double triple check that every single negative wire is going through the shunt. Every one, voltage in and out all has to go through the shunt, even one single negative wire not through the shunt will give bad readings.

[@NatoPotat0e]

Yep yep all wiring was in order. The issue was the full voltage setting. To get the right behaviour I set the full voltage setting up to 20v (higher than that battery monitor will ever see even while charging at 14.5v bulk or 13.5v float) so it never hits that value and automatically defaults to 100%. This still shows me the correct capacity of 100% even once charging stops and battery voltage returns to around 12.9v. The time till full charge now seems to work correctly too. So appears that this full voltage setting is redundant as I can't see a situation where charging would work as it's at a higher voltage than the battery, without automatically defaulting to 100%? Hope this helps anyway!

[@RoyerRogers545]

Entering 105ah means that battery is 87.5% useable capacity?

[@colinsimmons2913]

thats why you do not buy itech crap a lot of false advertising120amp battery anywhere else is 120amps and bad after market service