Anybody using an MT-50 Meter on the Renogy Tracer charge controller series?
softdown
Solar Expert Posts: 3,835 ✭✭✭✭
My readings indicate that maybe I could - depending on the firmware in the particular MT-50 meter. It gets a bit confusing.
Not feeling like another disappointment I took the "sure thing". The MT-5 meter - which is now discontinued.
I bought supplies for a small cabin solar business - that never took off. So I have a few Renogy Tracer MPPT 40 Amp charge controllers - which some call "venerable". They aren't perfect but do most things quite well.
First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
Comments
-
Renogy tweaked the firmware so that the normal epever MT-50 won't talk to the Renogy. Have to use their more expensive (Surprise!) tweaked/rebranded version of the MT-50.
-
fratermus said:Renogy tweaked the firmware so that the normal epever MT-50 won't talk to the Renogy. Have to use their more expensive (Surprise!) tweaked/rebranded version of the MT-50.That explains why some say they DO NOT work with Renogy while others say they do. So one just has t pony up the extra dollars and get the more expensive MT-50.I just paid $40 for a supposedly new, without box, MT-5. Says all he did was hook it up and it didn't work with a different charge controller. But he lost the box anyway? Yea - I could do that too. Long as it works.First Bank:16 180 watt Grape Solar with FM80 controller and 3648 Inverter....Fullriver 8D AGM solar batteries. Second Bank/MacGyver Special: 10 165(?) watt BP Solar with Renogy MPPT 40A controller/ and Xantrex C-35 PWM controller/ and Morningstar PWM controller...Cotek 24V PSW inverter....forklift and diesel locomotive batteries
Categories
- All Categories
- 220 Forum & Website
- 128 Solar Forum News and Announcements
- 1.3K Solar News, Reviews, & Product Announcements
- 189 Solar Information links & sources, event announcements
- 885 Solar Product Reviews & Opinions
- 254 Solar Skeptics, Hype, & Scams Corner
- 22.3K Solar Electric Power, Wind Power & Balance of System
- 3.5K General Solar Power Topics
- 6.7K Solar Beginners Corner
- 1K PV Installers Forum - NEC, Wiring, Installation
- 2K Advanced Solar Electric Technical Forum
- 5.5K Off Grid Solar & Battery Systems
- 424 Caravan, Recreational Vehicle, and Marine Power Systems
- 1.1K Grid Tie and Grid Interactive Systems
- 651 Solar Water Pumping
- 815 Wind Power Generation
- 621 Energy Use & Conservation
- 606 Discussion Forums/Café
- 300 In the Weeds--Member's Choice
- 74 Construction
- 124 New Battery Technologies
- 108 Old Battery Tech Discussions
- 3.8K Solar News - Automatic Feed
- 3.8K Solar Energy News RSS Feed