Renogy 12V 200Ah LifePO4 Lithium Battery with Built-in
Renogy 12V 200Ah LifePO4 Lithium Battery with Built-in Bluetooth module 5.0, 10 Years Battery Life with BMS and IP65, Smart Battery Backup Power for Caravans, Campervan, Motorhome, Solar Panel System
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DC to DC Battery Charger
| Weight: | 27.3 kg |
| Dimensions: | 52.2 x 24 x 21.9 cm; 27.3 Kilograms |
| Brand: | Renogy |
| Model: | RBT200LFP12-BT |
| Manufacture: | Renogy |
| Dimensions: | 52.2 x 24 x 21.9 cm; 27.3 Kilograms |
These are solid and well made. Decent connectors. The smart 100Ah ones (without Bluetooth built in ) but bough BT2 dongle. Bought these direct from Renogy around 2 weeks direct shipment.
Using them in an off grid cabin – solar charging at max 30A
The app works ok. -gives state of charge and charge / discharge current which is handy so you don’t really need a shunt to see power usages. Can disconnect frequently -pull down to refresh reconnects ok on iphone. Seems to balance self fine. BMS does shut off charging below ?5 degrees, and recovers when heats up.
No issues after a year. Huge improvement on previous lead acid. I replaced half as much Ah and miles more usable power. No concern about running flat /damaging.
The app itself did not connect to the battery until yesterday. I got notified of an update, downloaded it and voila. Suddenly the app does recognise the battery. I had already given in.
Very similar experience with the delivery. The delivery date came and went. The shipping information said clearly that no item had been received by the shipping company. But on Amazon it was shown as on its way. Needless to say it did never arrive within the given time frame. I spoke to a friendly Amazon Representative who told me he had emailed Renogy. And right enough, suddenly communication was established and a few weeks later the battery had finally arrived.
Generally I love the Renogy products, which tend to be of sound quality on the hardware side. But like others have recently stated, for further purchases I will consider alternatives as well. In specific as the latest notable price increases have pushed many of their products out of the corner where quirks can be justified via the lower price.
Its the next bit you need to be aware of. Ive also bought the same battery though the renogy website, and they have took the money and said its shipped but it hasn’t. So basically took my money and ran. Ive sent 50 emails and had nothing in return. It looks to me like, if you buy through amazon they will respond, but don’t care if it breaks coz you would never get a response from them. They did send me 50 percent back on the charge controller, but only because they don’t want to loose amazon as a selling point for now. Look on trust pilot for renogy reviews. Wish I had before purchasing. They are silly really, because if they sent me the battery I ordered through the renogy website, ide buy alot more batteries and solar panels and dc controllers. Looks like another company can have my business.
Edit. The battery from there website did turn up eventually. Also I purchased another two 200ah batteries so 800ah total, but through amazon. Sally at customer services at renogy is awesome, she was on it like a shot, and asked for my order number. The batterys were sent by parcelforce 48. So all in all it took 4 days to receive them. What I have found out is, renogy web site has a different customer service than amazon renogy customer service. As Sally pointed out , that they don’t deal with website purchases, only amazon purchases. So for now I will give them 5 stars for effort as apposed to 1 before.