Victron 500A Smart Shunt Review - Will Prowse

[BobC]

Will Prowse has reviewed the Victron 500A Smart Shunt. I have no experience with it but like its functionality and price as compared to other Victron monitoring products:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GjcGZsK4fI

[creativepart]

I have one and outside of the Bluetooth being too weak to be useable on the phone app inside my RV think it’s a good option. I have a Victron solar controller and the Bluetooth is strong enough to reach my phone anywhere inside the RV.

I added a Victron Bluetooth dongle to the SmartShunt and this fixed that shortcoming completely.

Maybe it’s just my device or just my RV but that’s been my experience.

[Wyatt]

Another great video from him. Victron does have some nice options, thanks for sharing!

[orangeminnie]

Originally Posted by creativepart

I have one and outside of the Bluetooth being too weak to be useable on the phone app inside my RV think it’s a good option. I have a Victron solar controller and the Bluetooth is strong enough to reach my phone anywhere inside the RV.

I added a Victron Bluetooth dongle to the SmartShunt and this fixed that shortcoming completely.

Maybe it’s just my device or just my RV but that’s been my experience.

The built in bluetooth in the shunt is weak, the bluetooth in the Victron SmartSolar controllers are even worse. One site said that the external dongles work much better, and use a different, more powerful bluetooth standard. How do you deal with "dueling" bluetooths, after adding it to the shunt?

[creativepart]

Originally Posted by orangeminnie

The built in bluetooth in the shunt is weak, the bluetooth in the Victron SmartSolar controllers are even worse. One site said that the external dongles work much better, and use a different, more powerful bluetooth standard. How do you deal with "dueling" bluetooths, after adding it to the shunt?

The SmartSolar is super strong Bluetooth. No issues.

As for dualing BTs... it's not a problem. When I open the app I see 3-devices. The SmartSolar, the Dongle and the SmartShunt. I just don't choose the SmartShunt. If I do it will try to load and not make it or take a long time. The SmartSolar and the Dongle load from anywhere inside the RV or outside in proximity.