Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT TR VE.Can 250V 100 amp 12/24/36/48-Volt Solar Charge Controller (Bluetooth)

DO NOT buy this if you use 48V battery system (works fine with 12 and 24V battery systems). Seems Victron is aware of the issue but all they recommend is talk to vendor (who didn't manufacture the device). Rather than be jerked around I RMA'd the unit back to Amazon and bought a Victron 150/70 CC and is working great with 48V. Thanks to Amazon for rectifying my refund issue...

Love this charge controller! It's my second Victron product, and it does not disappoint. With the Bluetooth app, you can see exactly what it is doing. App tells you current input, output in watts. Shows total charging output history for many days. Not sure how many. Tells you how long it was in bulk, absorb, and float. This allows you to better plan your usage. It tells you accumulated kWh over time. I run 1000 watts PV, generating as high as 900 watts peak. Regularly runs at about 55 amps charging current, and barely gets warm. No fans. Just sits there silently, doing it's job without issues. Wire lugs are of a generous size. I have Monster brand 600 strand 4gg cables running into it right now. I have an old cell phone permanently running as a monitor. No need for the auxiliary monitor that Victron offers. (Sorry Victron:) The cell phone runs on bluetooth, so it can be moved anywhere in the house within range. I bought the 150V/100 amp and run it on 12v, but I like having the option to continue using it if I choose to go to 48v. I hope to have this cc for many years. I've burned up two cheaper CCs running them near 100% of rated capacity.

I use this with 1200 nameplate watts of solar panels to charge my 12V Victron system (inverter/charger and battery). The panels are in series and typically run about 120 VDC at 5-10 amps solar input. The smartsolar tracks the optimal power point at least every second or so and regularly pushes 50 to 100 amps output at 12 VDC, all as advertized. Note if you want to prioritize solar input over grid or generator input, you MUST buy the victron Cerbo controller and run the ESS assistant. Otherwise, a Victron inverter/charger will prioritize the grid over the solar and simply not use the solar, which would make it less useful. I have this and the victron multiplus 12V inverter charger, the Cerbo controller, and a cheap but very functional LiFePO4 12V 280Ah battery, and the whole system works very well.

I am a huge fan of Victron Energy. Their products are top notch. I have 4 now including a Multiplus II 2x120, the MPPT 150/100 veCan, etc.. Their software is great, the products just work out of the box. In the case of this MPPT 150/100 ve.Can, Immediately it started pushing 47 amps in bulk charge at my battery pack from 3 - 200Watt grape solar panels mounted in series on the roof of my rv. Hats off, this is awesome device. I have only run into one problem thus far and I think it should be noted. When I got this MPPT and installed it, the Bluetooth was turned off! For a device I specifically bought with Bluetooth, it was disabled in config. Ok I get it, some people might not even care or they have a cerbo gx to control it with, and meh maybe it uses some power or something. But really? I am currently waiting for my usb to Ve. Direct cable (Because of course it doesn't have Ve. Bus so I can't use the adaptor I currently have) to arrive so I can change the config to turn on the Bluetooth. I almost thought it was broken until I found a thread on the community forums that it is common to find them turned off.Anyway, rant aside. Make sure you have a laptop with VictronConnect and a ve.Direct to usb cable in hand when installing this device if you plan on using Bluetooth.

Non serviceable internal fuse. Any spark on the array side and poof it's all over.Blue tooth needs to be hard reset regularly by powering down.