While I'm no great fan of Renogy products, this looks an ok deal if you want a decent warranty (says 7 years material warranty) on a brand name battery.
Self heated and bluetooth.
200A continuous discharge
You can certainly find plenty of batteries cheaper and some with better specs. This is about middle ground.
This is the link to the product page:
https://au.renogy.com/12v-200ah-pro-deep-cycle-lithium-iron-…
Still the same - https://www.renogy.com/content/files/Manuals/Warranty.pdf
Up to 12 months is a free replacement, after 12 months you'll be charged pro-rata for a replacement.
Statutory warranty - complete repair or replacement - would be at least 3 years. Good luck chasing this mob up to conform.
Good luck to anyone hanging their hat on this being a deal because of the pro-rated warranty.
7 years on these batteries.
From what I've read on motorhome forums their support can be a nightmare and that's the main thing that puts me off. However a lot of people are willing to pay for the security of a warranty (for whatever it's worth). I find warranties such a PITA and sellers so reluctant and slow to claim from I'd rather just have a minimal warranty and get it cheaper.
A lot of their stuff looks no better than branded generic stuff. For example their battery monitor looks exactly the same as generic ones much cheaper on ebay (unless the generic ones ripped off Renogy designs).
It's not actually 7 years. It's a 1 year warranty, with an increasing pro-rata replacement charge after 1 year up to 7 years.
e.g If the $1099 battery dies after 5 years, then you'll to pay pay $785 to claim a warranty replacement.
Their warranty formula would be $1099 x (1 - 24 months remaining warranty / 84 months total warranty) = $785.
Got a link to that as I cant see anything other than the 7 year material warranty thing? You cant see anything in the Support section without registering.
@wfdTamar: It starts at the bottom of the first page, "Prorated Warranty"
https://www.renogy.com/content/files/Manuals/Warranty.pdf
Unless things have changed, Renogy don't actually manufacture anything, they just throw their name on generic chinese gear…
The 7-year warranty isn't really any benefit, if the battery dies at 3.5 years and you manage to battle through their notoriously bad support, then ship it back to them and hope they don't blame it on wear & tear or abuse, they'll just give you a 50% $550 credit towards purchasing a new full price battery…. It's not an Australian based company so there's no ACL warranty or such….
Personally I wouldn't buy one of their batteries unless it was ridiculously cheap… Things like their inverters and other gear are 'ok' if you get them at the right price, but you need to class them as having no warranty beyond your paypal protection, and factor in return shipping costs…
You'd certainly want to know the basis of the warranty before buying. If it is as you say I wouldn't bother, just get a cheapo one off ebay. If you want something decent and locally supported and warrantied buy from an Australian company building LiFePO4 batteries.
Or if you're a DIY fiend and willing to take the chance on buying from China, get cells from there and BMS and other bits from AliExpress/Alibaba/ebay. That carries a big warning though. I've just had a heck of a time to get a replacement cell for one that had a broken terminal weld.
t's not an Australian based company so there's no ACL warranty or such…
I think that's incorrect. They have to comply with Australian Consumer law. They calll themselves Renogy Australia.
@Igaf: Ahhh, it looks like they may have an Australia presence now, registered about a year ago, when I last looked they didn't:
https://abr.business.gov.au/ABN/View?abn=95871050983
Note - further 5% cashback via cashrewards for buying on Renogy website. Renogy often have 6% and 10% discount codes.. check if they stack. Alternate option - Renogy on Ebay have this battery for $1299 which if your on ebay plus will get 17% off so $1078.17 then look at whatever cashback offers you can put on top..
It's a bit confusing when this price and code ends. It says March 17th (in the email I think it was), but on the site there's a countdown timer that has 2.5 days left.
Not many people in Australia will need the heating capability (Tassie and the highlands). I'd certainly consider other options I'm not recommending this. I DIY'd my own, which for a big battery is cheaper, but more work and virtually zero warranty.
2.4 kWh.
I would think one of the 5kWh Rack Batteries from Ruixi or Juxiper would be better value.
https://www.au.ruixubattery.com/
https://aujakiperbattery.com/product/jk48v100pro/
Will Prowse reviews a bunch of solar related stuff on his youtube, including batteries:
https://www.youtube.com/@WillProwse
These types of 12v batteries are more designed for campervan, caravan, and 4x4 use, a 48v rack battery isn't really suitable in these situations…
Just spent over 30 minutes on chat and they say it's full repair or replace for the whole 7 years. I said put that on the site and in the warranty file as no-one there is going to believe a chat comment (I still don't know if I would take their word for it).
It it's not written it's not worth a cracker. Even an official email would do.
Teardown of the 100Ah PRO here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RcLIm9E7sM&ab_channel=DCGUY
Key points: well built; probably Grade 2 cells; dubious consistency across cells - hence problems recharging???
He'd already had one fail to recharge after being "emptied" (until the BMS cut in). I noted on this second battery (which eventually did recharge at the second attempt) that the cutoiff was around 11-11.2V, not the 10V which specs suggest. This is a good thing as 10V is far too low and risks cell damage.
if you want a decent warranty
Have they improved their warranty? … In the past it was pretty dodgy, from memory it was a pro-rate warranty, and the refund was a credit towards buying a new battery… So if the battery died halfway through the warranty period they'd just give you a 50% credit towards buying a new full priced battery…