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800W of panels on the roof of a shed

20A Renogy  Rover MPPT charge controller

One bank 24V LiFePo 100AH

One bank 24V lead acid 75AH

A switch between each battery bank and the inverter (red handles)

PowerJack 8000 AMG currently wired to a 115V duplex outlet in the house

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23 hours ago, AquaticsLive said:

Nice setup man.

Thanks. It's very small, by most standards, but will give me basic power in an emergency. Today, I programmed a user setting for the LiFePO4 bank. People were telling me that the Renogy controller lithium preset was too aggressive. I also added two more breakers to that rail on the wall (one between each battery bank and the charge controller).

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13 hours ago, RobertM said:

Thanks. It's very small, by most standards

That is the fun part slowly building things up but having something useful right away.  Keeping the prices down keeps it something manageable and fun.  I am adding some of those breakers that Sean mentioned in a video too.

 

14 hours ago, RobertM said:

Renogy controller lithium preset was too aggressive

Does the Renogy have user programmable settings to adjust the max voltage down? 

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2 hours ago, AquaticsLive said:

That is the fun part slowly building things up but having something useful right away.  Keeping the prices down keeps it something manageable and fun.  I am adding some of those breakers that Sean mentioned in a video too.

 

Does the Renogy have user programmable settings to adjust the max voltage down? 

The Rover controller can be programmed using the older Renogy BT app with these parameters:

High V Disconnect
Charge Limit V
Equalize Charge V
Boost
Float
Boost Charge Return
Over Charge Disconnect Return
Low V Alarm
Over-Discharge V
Discharge Limit V
Over-Discharge Disconnect Delay
Equalize Charge Time
Equalize Charge Interval
Temperature Compensation

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2 minutes ago, RobertM said:

The Rover controller can be programmed using the older Renogy DC app with these parameters:

Nice that is handy, I don't have any experience with that one.  Good to know Renogy is pretty popular, I try to help out RV folks in my area so if I run into someone that has Renogy good to know that there is a PC app to edit things. Epever has a similar app if you run into one of those. 

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3 minutes ago, AquaticsLive said:

Nice that is handy, I don't have any experience with that one.  Good to know Renogy is pretty popular, I try to help out RV folks in my area so if I run into someone that has Renogy good to know that there is a PC app to edit things. Epever has a similar app if you run into one of those. 

It's little tricky, because a Renogy app that's newer, called "DC home" doesn't have much functionality. The app you need is older, called "Renogy BT" plus the specific "Rover" line of Renogy controllers. 

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