Good info! I'll be buying a 1000 watt Renogy shortly. I will probably open it and secure that transformer as well as mounting it horizontally as it should. Greetings from Jamaica.
yer kidding! wow I have this and just had it apart. I saw no such warnng and mine is bolted to the wall in my boat. No such issues, It MUST be fastened where that heavy steel core with the windings attaches. Ive got to confirm about this. That seems totally negligent, if its true.
Wow. This is worse than how they force you to have the very loud low battery alarm set higher than the low battery disconnect that shuts it off. They don't want people getting a good night's sleep, and when connecting Renogy, you need to use their web portal to enter a ticket instead of email, which when you do that, it duplicates and replicates every word you type. I'm starting to see why everyone likes Victron more. In the future I'll go with Victron.
What actually broke. Did the bolt holding the toroid transformer to the base plate break or did the base plate pull away. It would help to know what caused this problem mechanically so that it can be reinforced if need be.
The bolt you see does not hold the transformer to the base plate. There is only some type of adhesive holding it. You will need to add some type of rubber non conductive strap around the whole thing.
@@chrisseanard6240 Thanks Chris, I am amazed this situation has not been reported in the past. That is certainly very poor design. I have a unit also mounted on a wall. I have placed rubber supports under the transformer and on top. Have you heard many other reports of this failure mode since your video. Thanks for taking the time to make the video.
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Good info. I wouldn't trust a company that can't spend a few cents for bolts+nuts to secure a heavy toroidal transformer.
Good info! I'll be buying a 1000 watt Renogy shortly. I will probably open it and secure that transformer as well as mounting it horizontally as it should. Greetings from Jamaica.
Thank you for the heads up
WOW !!!
Thanks for sharing !
Thanks for the video! I wanted to see internals.
It's called toroidal transfomer
Not mounted down ? Even if it was bolted to the ground its still gunna move isnt it?
yer kidding! wow I have this and just had it apart. I saw no such warnng and mine is bolted to the wall in my boat. No such issues, It MUST be fastened where that heavy steel core with the windings attaches. Ive got to confirm about this. That seems totally negligent, if its true.
Wow. This is worse than how they force you to have the very loud low battery alarm set higher than the low battery disconnect that shuts it off. They don't want people getting a good night's sleep, and when connecting Renogy, you need to use their web portal to enter a ticket instead of email, which when you do that, it duplicates and replicates every word you type.
I'm starting to see why everyone likes Victron more. In the future I'll go with Victron.
What actually broke. Did the bolt holding the toroid transformer to the base plate break or did the base plate pull away. It would help to know what caused this problem mechanically so that it can be reinforced if need be.
The bolt you see does not hold the transformer to the base plate. There is only some type of adhesive holding it. You will need to add some type of rubber non conductive strap around the whole thing.
@@chrisseanard6240 Thanks Chris, I am amazed this situation has not been reported in the past. That is certainly very poor design. I have a unit also mounted on a wall. I have placed rubber supports under the transformer and on top. Have you heard many other reports of this failure mode since your video. Thanks for taking the time to make the video.