Customer Reviews for Renogy - 500A Battery Monitor With Shunt - Black
Customer Rating
5
Works Well
on August 11, 2021
Posted by: DanVan
from Fremont, CA
l'm glad that I bought this to monitor my batteries. It was easy to install, setup, and use. I have 4 100 ah Renogy AGM batteries in my van that needed monitoring. The only problem I had was finding room in my electrical panel to install the shunt, but thats my fault. My only complaint is the manual that does a poor job of illustrating the setup and wire connections. It shows numbers that refer to nothing, so very confusing. But I was able to figure it out and get it all connected. I recommend the product.
I bought this battery monitor and it was easy to install. The programs pretty quickly according to the video I pulled up on YouTube. My only recommendation is that they put a larger outside lip with some screws so that it is easier to mount into a wall. The lip is pretty small with little tolerance for a flush mount.
The product does everything as advertised, although the instructions could definitely use some work. There's a lot of abbreviations and things that they don't explain well that leave you scratching your head (and I'm an electrician). So if I can't understand it without a phone call to Renogy, that tells me that they need to rewrite the booklet that came with it. Overall, the product works great though.
Battery Monitor makes the difference, as it certainly appears more accurate than the charge controller, with respect to battery availability, at any given time.
Product is a great tool for keeping tabs on batteries in my rv, and at a very competitive price. Only complaint or suggestion - different mounting options. Product is flush/inset mount only. Wouldn't be difficult to also include an adapter/bezel for flat mounting. Can't imagine that everyone has a thin hollow panel that they can mount in. I mounted flat on wall, had to get creative.