LiTime 60Amp MPPT

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Жыл бұрын

In this video we review the new LiTime 60Amp MPPT solar charge controller.
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@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

LiTime 60Amp MPPT: amzn.to/3NWoxE1 LiTime 30Amp MPPT: amzn.to/3K2OS22

@stevecarlisle3323 5 ай бұрын

Helios is the OEM, Redodo, Renogy, HQST, LiTime have bought and re branded these rock solid solar controller. Thier may be other companies selling them. They come with remote baterry temp sense.

@Osborn-mj4qc Жыл бұрын

Well done! I use LiTime lithium batteries in my farm's off-grid cabins and they are truly great. This 60Amp MPPT also looks great and I plan on purchasing it in the future

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks 😃

@user-hr5yj2fo1h Жыл бұрын

It appears to be a well made and solid unit with decent specs. I had no idea LiTime even made a unit, definitely will keep my eye on it for my new Off Grid solar shed which is in the works. Thanks!

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yup, seems pretty solid. Thanks

@lawrencedavidson6195 10 ай бұрын

I think this is a rebranded unit, OEM is HQST.

@lawrencedavidson6195 9 ай бұрын

You are correct!

@stevecarlisle3323 7 ай бұрын

NO, the OEM is Helios.@@lawrencedavidson6195

@robertramsey8287 18 күн бұрын

Made by HQST, watch through review and testing at HOBOTECH

@afolayandammy9161 Жыл бұрын

What you said at 3:49 to 4:04 exactly happened to me and I got my Inverter burnt. I had a PWM charge controller. I was charging my Litime 100ah battery. As soon as my battery was full, I guess the BMS shut down the battery, and that totally confused the charge controller and did not know what voltage the system is. It just automatically brought in and output the 36V that my panel is rated for. It burnt my 12v Inverter immediately. I figured out few days later. And this video just confirmed my theory. I have since gotten a better charge controller and indeed it is better to set the system battery voltage yourself and not allow the controller to do auto detect

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yes sir, unfortunately this is a common problem. I'm sorry you had to go through it. Hope all is well now!

@KerbyDaFrog Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the channel! And info

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

@william38022 10 ай бұрын

This one is on my radar👍

@tonydoris1980 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! I'm in need of an MPPT application for a new off-grid solar system I just developed, and it's a great deal right now at $130 off Prime Day!

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@user-zw7ij3pf3t Жыл бұрын

Perfect video! It would be even better if you can post more test videos or usage videos of LiTime's battery/products. A simple solar system is a good one to make!

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, I actually have a simple system video with their mini battery kzfaq.info/get/bejne/h5t3jNljzruZnZ8.html

@BradLMN Жыл бұрын

Great video! Seems like a good inexpensive option for a solar charge controller. I also just searched LiTime on google play store & a Litime app did show up to download.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yes. I see the LiTime app now, they must have just got it up there. Thanks

@ovidiurada 9 ай бұрын

Great Video! learned a lot from it.

@BradCagle 9 ай бұрын

Thanks, glad to help!

@angacamthehobbit3668 Жыл бұрын

I have 4 Li Time MPPT's for 30 Amps. All work great. No issue except no blue tooth also app.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@seeking70 7 ай бұрын

Li Time is really spreading out in the market. Batteries, solar charge controllers, and more at very reasonable prices.

@JOHNG104A 2 ай бұрын

That's the same controller I got from hqst and the box it came in said Renegy

@brucegrimes5404 11 ай бұрын

That's actually a nice controller

@harry53172 11 ай бұрын

It's the exact same as the HQST 60amp. Great controllers, nice parallel function for multiple controllers for large systems.

@melchora7 11 ай бұрын

Yes, it is the same as the HQST, additionally the HQST comes with a low temp sensor. I was also able to use either the ChargePro App or the Li Time App to monitor my HQST controller.

@jasonstclair1329 10 ай бұрын

And cheaper!

@2hotscottpro 7 ай бұрын

HQST was 180 shipped total. 12/23

@maxhughes5687 5 ай бұрын

Are you sure they are the same inside?

@harry53172 5 ай бұрын

@@maxhughes5687 Manufactured on the same assembly line, all the features and technical details are identical. You can probably find a video of them being disassembled.

@tenminutetokyo2643 11 ай бұрын

That was awesome.

@BradCagle 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Roll2Videos Жыл бұрын

Very nice charge controller. I see they have an inverter now too. Very cool.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yeah, seems pretty solid, and yes I noticed the inverter. Pretty cool stuff!

@skylikins 11 ай бұрын

It appears to be a rebranded HQST with the price jacked up by $50

@Electronzap Жыл бұрын

Nice review.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😃

@BenMitro Жыл бұрын

Gees you find some neat gear.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

I do my best. :) Thanks Ben!

@maxhughes5687 5 ай бұрын

I wish they had an app for PC bluetooth. I need the big screen on my PC to read the info. Linux and W10/11 would be nice!

@FreddyHFK 7 ай бұрын

is there a possibility to limit the charging current to a fixed value? thank you.

@acnjsolar 11 ай бұрын

Top!!!

@duingstuff Жыл бұрын

LiTime is upping their game. Renogy better watch out.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Lots of good competition, good for us consumers. Keep it coming!

@2hotscottpro 4 ай бұрын

Got E01 for 48v.What should low bat shutoff be? It’s charged now but still shows e01 ?

@montanaplease 7 ай бұрын

Even though others here commented saying that this is the same is the HQST I went ahead and went with Li time . The price at the moment is really close to about the same however the Li time one has a 5 year warranty vs HQST 1 year warranty. Plus, I already have there hundred amp mini battery, 2000 W inverter, 20 amp AC charger so it’s all gonna kind of match. In all actuality, I really don’t care if it all matched it’s just kind of what I ended up doing.

@montanaplease 7 ай бұрын

I did go with the HQST for tye two 100 watt panels for $140 total

@BradCagle 7 ай бұрын

Nice, that's a much better warranty. Makes a big difference.

@montanaplease 7 ай бұрын

I am very very new at all of this and just wanted to do it all correct the first time and don’t like having to sell things on pennies on the dollar used and buy up. Hopefully I made the correct choices here

@2hotscottpro 4 ай бұрын

I have the HQST and I can’t switch to 48v for some reason.I can choose 48 but it doesn’t stay 48 it jumps back to 12 with EO2 code,over charged?

@jasonbroom7147 Жыл бұрын

Looks like a really solid product at this price range. I live in a northern climate, so the very similar HQST 60A solar charge controller is what I like better, because it has low-temp charging protection. It won't let a charge through if the sensor you set near/on the battery bank is reading a temperature below a set level.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Nice. Yeah I'm digging this thing. Someone commented that these are made by HELIOS. I checked out their site, and grabbed their Bluetooth app. I'll probably follow up with this real soon.

@BobBob-il2ku Жыл бұрын

Do the litime/redodo rebrand have the temp sensor/ low temp cutoff?

@BobBob-il2ku Жыл бұрын

Can you adjust what tempature it cuts off at for instance 5 degrees Celsius?

@jasonbroom7147 Жыл бұрын

@@BobBob-il2ku - I don't believe so. The HQST is a rebranded Renogy.

@jasonbroom7147 Жыл бұрын

@@BobBob-il2ku - I'm not sure about that.

@budmartin3344 Жыл бұрын

Great review. It looks just like HQST 60A charge controller (it uses ‘’ChargePro 2.0'' (new version) or the "PVChargePro'' (old version) app) but at a higher price.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yup, from what I understand, they are all made by Helios New Energy. Yes the ChargePro 2.0 app does work!

@budmartin3344 Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle I just ordered one to try it out too.

@Theoppositeofchaos Жыл бұрын

Mmmmmm interesting I wander what they gona come up with next?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

They have an inverter too :) Should I ask them to send one?

@william38022 10 ай бұрын

Were you ever able to remedy the situation of the Bluetooth app

@BradCagle 10 ай бұрын

yes, the app is on the app stores now

@tanau2644 8 ай бұрын

Hi Can I use to charge my Renogy Deep Cycle AGM Battery 12 Volt ? 100Ah,

@BradCagle 8 ай бұрын

Yes. However you would need to limit the current to 15a-20a as AGM does not like to charge that fast. Basically it's way overkill.

@user-sy8vy8cu2o 5 ай бұрын

can i use LI TIME 30 A MPPT FOR LITHIUM FE P 4 BATTERY 100 AH

@BradCagle 5 ай бұрын

Yes absolutely

@afolayandammy9161 Жыл бұрын

Quick question please, what battery is this and how are you able to monitor the charge state via an app without a shunt. Or is the app connected to a bluetooth shunt or something or does the battery have internal bluetooth that helps monitor the battery?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

It's a Sun Fun Kits battery, it has a BlueTooth BMS. It has all the shunt features built in. There are many batteries on the market with Blurtooth like this.

@afolayandammy9161 Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle Oh, I see!!!!! I find my self too attached to Litime batteries because they have been very reliable batteries for me and I dont think they have any battery with inbuilt bluetooth BMS like this. Do you have any recommended 100ah battery with this feature. I hate going to my garage to check my shunt manually everytime to see my battery percentage. This is why I love my Ecoflow portable power station. I can easily monitor the whole system right from my room. But portable power stations can be sometimes pricy. Do you have a budget battery option that you can recommend that has Bluetooth BMS inbuilt apart the Sun Fun Kits battery. Doesnt look like I have heard the name of that battery before. Something in the range of $300 to $350 for an 100ah. That is the price range of most 100ah Lifepo4 batteries.

@brandonyoung181 Жыл бұрын

this is the same exact one that HQST sells.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I think the company that makes them all is called HELIOS

@SmitHVAC. Жыл бұрын

Looks pretty solid, whats the price? I didn't even know they made an mppt

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Looks like $239 after $30 coupon. amzn.to/3pNH0eb

@stevecarlisle3323 6 ай бұрын

Hi Brad, and thanks for your vids, have you had any bluetooth app connection issues . My new HQST 60A connects about 25 percent of the time. UPDATE, turns out the problem is with Bluetooth on Motorola phone, my other Samsung works fine.

@BradCagle 6 ай бұрын

I have not had an issue, connects every time for me. I have an an older Motorola phone.

@stevecarlisle3323 6 ай бұрын

@@BradCagle I have been using the LiTime app, and connects mostly everytime, and shows Bluetooth at 4 bars, where the ChargePro 2.0 is at 2 bars.

@thatonebeone Жыл бұрын

nice...going to get this.. whats your solar panel config to get 60amps charging ?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

The PV config I had here was 3 x 435w sunpower panels in parallel

@thatonebeone Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle nice...this might be way too much for my needs then... i think ill be a good with a 30amp MPPT just using 1 12v or maybe get another 12v battery... only going to be powering up fans,lighting,phones,laptops,tablets maybe a small space heater,tv microwave,solder iron smaller heat gun for my mobile home... but this 60amp one get me thinking if i want to upgrade later down the road to 24v power on 2000+ inverter so this 60amp one will be a one time buy ....60amps is lot of power can charge that 12v 100 less then 2 hours .... love the vids and help thanks

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

@@thatonebeone They have a 30amp too amzn.to/3K2OS22

@johnwyman6126 11 ай бұрын

@thatonebeone Really good thinking to expand in the future. I believe he said this unit also goes to 48 V so this one controller would last you a long, long way through your solar journey. Also, buy the largest gauge wires you can possibly afford for the same reasons.

@EasyyokeFilms 11 ай бұрын

There is an E02 error flash that comes up everytime my battery has fully charged to 100% and it wouldnt stop until I disconnect my solar panel. More like my battery BMS switches off my battery once the battery is full and that signals an error to the controller. I thought this happens only to cheap PWM controller. Do you have any workaround with this? The error light would start to flash once the battery is full, volts would jump upwards on the controller and charging would stop. The controller would basically reset itself and try to start charging again. And then few seconds later, E02 error comes up again

@BradCagle 11 ай бұрын

Yes the solution is to lower your charging voltage. It's your battery going into protect mode because one or more cells is getting too high. For example if you have a 12v LiFePO4 battery, and have the charger set to 14.4v or 14.6v, then go down to 14.2v, or 14.4v respectively. Keep lowering by .1 or .2 until the problem goes away. Don't worry about charging to a lower voltage, you'll still get fully charged. Also keep in mind this is not a problem with the charger, it's actually the cell balance of your battery, and it may actually improve over time, you may be able to raise the voltage later if the balance improves. This is common, as most batteries I review will not charge to the full 14.6v, usually they will hit 14.2v . If you look at Victron's defaults, it's 14.2v, which is smart because they know people are going to hit this problem frequently at 14.4v, and 14.6v. Hope that helps!

@EasyyokeFilms 11 ай бұрын

@@BradCagle Thank you so much, reducing the volatage worked. I used 14.4V it did not work, I had to go down to 13.8V. I saw someone write in another forum that they used 13.8V. 13.8V seem to stop the error. Thank you🙏

@BradCagle 11 ай бұрын

@@EasyyokeFilms Great! Give it a week, and see if you can bump it up to 14.0, or 13.9. Ideally 14.2v would be great, but if you cant get there, no worries. You'll be fine.

@dieseldawg7132 5 ай бұрын

Question I was a bit confuse when you say you were getting 60 amps into the system you were saying 60 amps into the solar controller ? Or 60 amps going into the battery ????

@user-fp7zh9ek9i 8 ай бұрын

DO SEMETHING WITH THAT LIGHT..W.F?

@PWoods-cd6tk Жыл бұрын

Not bad. What kind of temperature were you running at 60 amps?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

About 127F with 98F ambient outside.

@PWoods-cd6tk Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle thanks. That sounds pretty good. What size wires were you're running from the controller?

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

@@PWoods-cd6tk They were 2awg, and it was too much. After I remove them, I could see some of the strands were bunched up. 4awg would be the better choice.

@PWoods-cd6tk Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle I appreciate the video. This looks like a good controller.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

@@PWoods-cd6tk Thanks!

@helpmeretiresoon5972 11 ай бұрын

Looks exactly like a 60 amp hqst controller

@4evermetalhead79 Жыл бұрын

Brad isn’t this made by another company? Canadian i think. I am confident Hobo-Tech did a test on these (from the original company) Either brand name it is a wonderful MPPT controller. From what hobotech’s video testing showed. 👍

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Yes I think so, a viewer replied that these are made by HELIOS. I checked their site, and looks the same. I think I'll try their app. I'll look for Hobo-Tech's video. Thanks!

@EasyyokeFilms Жыл бұрын

Yes, it looks exactly like the HQST charge controller that Hobotech reveiwed. They look exactly thesame with just the branding made different.

@2hotscottpro 7 ай бұрын

1 year vs 5 year warranty with LiTime

@matthewknight5641 Жыл бұрын

Looks exactly like the hqst controller.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

Sure does! I just looked that up, and it looks identical. Thanks!

@alpinerep Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle both made by Helios.

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

@@alpinerep Great info, Thanks!

@matthewknight5641 Жыл бұрын

@@BradCagle was you ever able to get the Bluetooth or app stuff to work with that controller? I got my victron 150-70 the other day but they sent me the blue solar edition instead of the smartsolar so I sent it back to Amazon. Hopefully they refund my money in a day or two and I can reorder the smart one

@BradCagle Жыл бұрын

@@matthewknight5641 Yes, LiTime sent me a link. I also found an app from a company that I think make this hardware. I'll try them soon. Man that's a bummer about them sending you the wrong controller. Hope you get that worked out!