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Pros

Renogy bt from over a year ago still works for both bt-1 & bt-2. The app re-connects automatically every time i start the app with no issue.

Bluetooth device reports information from the renogy dc50s charge controller. It reports the voltage and amperage going to the battery, from the solar panels and from an alternative source such as a vehicles alternator. Just installed this on my renog...  Read More



Cons

The bt-2 does not do a lot - it is the connection between the app (smartphone) and the renogy lifepo battery. The only thing it provides is the current pv wattage amperage and voltage. The admin pw isn't provided in the user's manual. There is no way ...  Read More

Do not buy renogy bt-2 for lack of support alone. This also means it will fail to work once their servers go offline. The tracking number shows that a label has been created, and that usps is still waiting for the package from the shipper.

I resent needing to allow renogy access to my location, photos, and everything else in my phone to use this hardware. The app requires you to login to the renogy website before it will work.

Bt2 works fine with one device, however when i added the renogy powered hub and methodically connected an additional battery and then controller through the dc home app, it just freezes up and i can’t see the data from any of the devices. At no point ...  Read More

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Quality


Easy to install and working great on my golf cart conversion.


Unit is easy to plug into the renogy smart lithium battery and the app re-connects automatically every time i start the app with no issue.


Poor instructions, the app is terrible and crashes immediately on newer phone, but not on an older one.


After you plug this device in, disconnect the solar panels, alternator, and battery so the controller has no power for 2 minutes.

Price


This is a much easier and less expensive option than wiring in a shunt.


It's relatively inexpensive so for the price can be considered disposable after 3 years.

Competitiveness


I purchased this at the same time that i purchased a victron shunt and bluetooth monitor.


I can see the difference between the converter charging my battery and my controller charging it.

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    solar, connected, easy and great.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 450.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 656 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 14 2024.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The renogy bt app on my iphone connected immediately and showed me all the data available from the solar controller


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I plugged into the port on my renogy lithium battery and installed the app on my iphone


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have an iphone and it seems like a lot of the issues were with android so maybe that’s why


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Took a few tries to get the dc home app to find it


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Fyi it limits total charging current to the battery so alternator plus solar is limited to the setting


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It gets a little wonky and won’t always refresh until you back out of the app and come back into it but that’s more of a limitation app and not the bt module


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Once connected it only reads the batteries within 20 feet of the sender


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    It doesnt reconnect via bluetooth automatically

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