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Thanks, Marcus, will keep in touch.

I have the Renogy monitor. I would not try to "drain" the batteries to set the monitor, rather I would use the "FULL" setting after batteries are fully charged. This has seemed to work for me. I did not want to subject the batteries to such a drain. The manual seems to indicate that you can use...

Thanks, Marcus, This is very helpful. We have not used the trailer for some time, but will be making a short trip next month. I will check the settings on the monitor while on that trip. I appreciate your willingness to share. If I find out more about my situation I will post here sometime after...

I will add that when shore power or generator is connected the inverter is disconnected and the charger/converter works normally. This is achieved by using my regular 30 amp power cord which plugs into either the shore power or the inverter. This required the addition of a regular 30 amp...

I have a fifth-wheel with a smaller system than Kyle describes, but I had exactly the concern he expresses about turning off the charger/converter when the inverter is being used. I had found several articles and/or YouTubes about an automatic transfer switch, but when I had the inverter...

UPDATE GXMnow I decided to run some tests this morning with some interesting results. I connected the inverter and the Battery monitor read: 99% full on capacity and 13.2 on voltage. Then I turned on the microwave. It did NOT trip off, nor did the inverter, BUT the monitor dropped IMMEDIATELY...

A very hearty thanks to GXMnow who has faithfully walked with me through this journey. His latest response provides a good time to consider the journey complete. It is not so much a problem solved as it is multiple problems resolved. Using that microwave was never a big deal, but the knowledge...

Thank you, GXMnow, for hearing me out on this. I believe I do not have an inverter capable of running this microwave oven so I'm not going to worry about that for now. Your analysis of my many photos and descriptions has helped me to reach that conclusion. I started with a monitor display...

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Just emailed the installer of the system. He says they did not install any thermal: While I'm on. I tested for reset of the power and of the monitor display. Power within a minute. Display seems to be related to battery capacity. Photo 1 below. Charging has been on several minutes, showing...

This is what I have begun to suspect. Is there any way to confirm this?

ExpertPower 12V 100Ah Lithium LiFePO4 Deep Cycle Rechargeable Battery | 2500-7000 Life Cycles & 10-Year lifetime | Built-in BMS Two of these wired in parallel to produce 12v. These are identical batteries and only a few months old. Let me say that the batteries have always tested with multimeter...

Report on running Air Conditioner -- 15000 btu with ezy start ran about 5 minutes before causing trip and shut down. (Phone/camera was plugged in at house so no photo. My best recording.) while running - 1.3 Kw - 103 A 195 Ah remaining -------- @ tripped 0% % shown, 0:00 Ahrs, 0:00...

I think this is a highly relevant question, but I don't know the answer yet. It does reset pretty quickly, but I don't know in what device. The problem is that the battery monitor does not reset until charge is applied. I don't think it is a breaker in the power center--I did check that. I am...

Did some readings with inverter Photo 1 with light on P 2 with refrigerator P3 Microwave (1.6Kw) P4 after tripped I did reading with TV (65 w) and slide out (500+ w) Everything worked and displayed correctly until MV tripped. Inverter is 2000 w. rated.

I missed that reading entirely, running back and forth from display to battery testing. It tripped pretty quickly. That if from connection to my 30 amp household current with the charger on. My solar is 2 100w free standing panels. I usually get a reading over 150+ I have the Victron charge...

Yes according to the manual and I am confident in that setting. exactly as you have quoted: and All this has checked out correctly from the beginning. It works correctly when in camp EXCEPT for the one thing I have pointed out. I must admit that on the trips we have actually taken most of...

Hope these images will work. 1. base at rest 2 and 3 reversed. 3 = microwave on BUT fuse/breaker has shut power off. 2 = charge on

I have been busy with other things so have not been watching this monitor display, BUT sometime in the last hour or so it has reset and now reads 100% which is correct as I had charger on. Based on past experience it will work normal UNLESS and UNTIL I turn on high draw on inverter (microwave or...

OK. Here goes my best effort to report. Base= no load, no charge, resting. Monitor See first image below of display 13.2 voltage, 90% capacity Multimeter reading at batteries: 13.28 v High load applied (microwave) Monitor see second image 13.2 voltage (same) Capacity 0% -- 0.0 Ah multimeter...

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I have not tried this reading. I will try to do so and report.

Just time for a quick reply to this question. This a a relatively new install and this is the behavior I noted from the start--in other words, since the very first time I tried to use a heavy load such as microwave or AirConditioner. Not that I would expect to use the Air Conditioner on 2 100 Ah...

Thank you very much, GXMnow, for a very helpful response. I will concentrate in this message on the direct questions you have raised. ?Does the reading go back to normal as soon as the microwave stops? This is a very clear "NO." It has only gone back to normal (and correct) reading after...

Looks like nobody knows.

Thanks, Bob B for replying, but it is the monitor behavior that I am trying to solve. The batteries and the inverter, by all other indicators are working normally and acceptably even under high draw (microwave is only an example). It is the monitor display that is not working normally or...

I have used the Renogy Battery Monitor 500 A on two trips to Colorado which included several nights of "boondocking." I have a simple system: 2 lithium 100Ah batteries, 2 100 W solar panels (portable), a Victron 100/30 charge controller, and a 2000 W inverter. I have a switch to turn off the...

Thank you, SCClockDr for responding. I'm sure these are good suggestions, but for this old dog, I hope you or someone can fill in a lot of the steps to this outcome. You have to realize that I'm not that well informed or experienced. I hope you or someone can give me the steps I need to take to...

I've been looking through all the posts and will be the first to reply to my own with a quote from PeterH: At least similar in desired outcome.

I'm not just a newbie but an oldie newbie. More about that at the end. Let's start with what I have: a 12 year old 34' fifth wheel with 2 6 volt batteries which are several years old. The OEM converter/charger which I would like to replace. We are not full time and never will be. We have used...