NOT recommended: Renogy Rover Elite solar charge controller

Reasons not to get involved with the Rover Elite controllers from Renogy.  the setpoints are unconfigurable, except for the Absorption setting in Li mode even in that mode Vabs is settable only in .2v increments the cable interface (or chip behind it) is nonstandard for Renogy (and its sources).  The external display for it costs more than the options on

backchannel: craptastic Chinese cheap stuff

from this post: Since a dongle can be used to program multiple [victron 75/15 charge controllers], it becomes more and more practical togo with such an excellent SC rather than the craptastic Chinese cheap stuff. Ok, let’s compare the Indian (Victron) cheap stuff with the Chinese (Tracer) cheap stuff. I looked for the cheapest prices

Victron and Ecoworthy

from this post: Victron and ecoworthy solar controllers should not be lumped together I lump them together in the “things that work” category. The former is very up to date, well designed, precision engineered and tremendous build quality, worldwide 5-year warranty and very widely used in marine installs. Not everyone needs precision engineered and tremendous