Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT Solar Charge Controller (Bluetooth) - Charge Controllers for Solar Panels - 100V, 50 amp, 12/2

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars | 1,407 ratings

Price: 165.36

Last update: 01-02-2025


About this item

Are you ready to take your solar energy game to the next level? Using a multi-stage, adaptive charging algorithm, the Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT 100-Volt 50 amp is the ultimate solar charger for your batteries
With the latest and fastest technology, this MPPT charge controller maximizes energy-harvest from your solar panels, intelligently driving it to achieve full charge in the shortest possible time. It even has the power to recharge severely depleted batteries from 0 volts
Thanks to the Victron Energy MPPT technology, every single drop of power available is squeezed out of your solar panels and stored, guaranteeing an efficient energy collection.
Connectivity - with the built-in Bluetooth feature, you can wirelessly monitor and control your MPPT with the Victron Connect app. Or, connect to a Victron Energy GX device with a VE.Direct cable (sold separately) and monitor from anywhere in the world using VRM!
Easily program the charger for your battery type using 'presets' for common battery types or by creating your own 100% customized settings.

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aTypicalEngineer808
5.0 out of 5 stars Just about the best MID-size MPPT controller out there
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021
Summary: I have evaluated quite a few MPPT controllers for Vine, and while all were decent, the Victron Energy (VE) has high ratings, so I decided to purchase one for evaluation. My solar/PV system specs: 1000W of panels; 24-volt, 270Ah marine battery bank (Optima); Voltworks 2000W inverter. Using the system to reduce our electricity bill. This review is for the 100V/50A, which is the 2nd VE controller I've purchased.

Observations: The first thing to notice is that this one, unlike most others, does not have a control panel (just three LEDs); which means you'll need a smart device to read the values. There are two basic VE offerings: this SmartSolar (built-in bluetooth), and BlueSolar (requires a BT dongle). Between the two, I went with the built-in BT (SmartSolar). One great feature of the VE system, is that it allows the MPPTs to communicate with each other via BT; which is a great feature for a larger system.

Recommendations: One reason to choose the lower cost BlueSolar over the SmartSolar, is if you do not need the additional features that the BT brings; but for me, I didn't mind spending the extra $30-40 (per controller) to gain those features.

Pros: Industrial quality & features; good application support (firmware updated upon first connect); security (bluetooth); good/efficient charging algorithm; good data and graphs.

Cons: No built-in display (offset by the much better app and graphs).

Conclusion: At $325, rating this 5-stars. Of all the MPPT controllers I have reviewed, Victron is the recommended brand.

Related Products (lised in ORDER of HIGH to LOW rating):
VICTRON ENERGY MPPT 100V 20 amp 12-24-Volt (Bluetooth) ~ $160 (5-star)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075NPQHQK

EPEVER MPPT Solar Charge Controller 10A 60V PV 1206N ~ $60 (5-star)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B094JCG6Y1

ACOPOWER Midas 40A MPPT ~ $180 (4-star)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HQB8RYK

ACOPOWER MPPT Solar Charge Controller 30A ~ $140 (4-star)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NB1KOOZ

Renogy Rover 20/30/40 Amp ~ $112/170/168 (2-star)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MRWTAB5
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aTypicalEngineer808
5.0 out of 5 stars Just about the best MID-size MPPT controller out there
Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2021
Summary: I have evaluated quite a few MPPT controllers for Vine, and while all were decent, the Victron Energy (VE) has high ratings, so I decided to purchase one for evaluation. My solar/PV system specs: 1000W of panels; 24-volt, 270Ah marine battery bank (Optima); Voltworks 2000W inverter. Using the system to reduce our electricity bill. This review is for the 100V/50A, which is the 2nd VE controller I've purchased.

Observations: The first thing to notice is that this one, unlike most others, does not have a control panel (just three LEDs); which means you'll need a smart device to read the values. There are two basic VE offerings: this SmartSolar (built-in bluetooth), and BlueSolar (requires a BT dongle). Between the two, I went with the built-in BT (SmartSolar). One great feature of the VE system, is that it allows the MPPTs to communicate with each other via BT; which is a great feature for a larger system.

Recommendations: One reason to choose the lower cost BlueSolar over the SmartSolar, is if you do not need the additional features that the BT brings; but for me, I didn't mind spending the extra $30-40 (per controller) to gain those features.

Pros: Industrial quality & features; good application support (firmware updated upon first connect); security (bluetooth); good/efficient charging algorithm; good data and graphs.

Cons: No built-in display (offset by the much better app and graphs).

Conclusion: At $325, rating this 5-stars. Of all the MPPT controllers I have reviewed, Victron is the recommended brand.

Related Products (lised in ORDER of HIGH to LOW rating):
VICTRON ENERGY MPPT 100V 20 amp 12-24-Volt (Bluetooth) ~ $160 (5-star)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075NPQHQK

EPEVER MPPT Solar Charge Controller 10A 60V PV 1206N ~ $60 (5-star)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B094JCG6Y1

ACOPOWER Midas 40A MPPT ~ $180 (4-star)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08HQB8RYK

ACOPOWER MPPT Solar Charge Controller 30A ~ $140 (4-star)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NB1KOOZ

Renogy Rover 20/30/40 Amp ~ $112/170/168 (2-star)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MRWTAB5
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Tony H Pallares
5.0 out of 5 stars Victron100/50 Mppt
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2024
Easy install. Works great when paired with a second Victron Mppt.
gregg
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice unit
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2024
Checked price everywhere. Same everywhere. Bought on Amazon incase of problem. Of course with victron there shouldn't be. Have 400 watts of panels on it with 400 more soon to be added. Smart system is just the kicker
Chuck
5.0 out of 5 stars Seems to charge better than my old mppt solar charge controller.
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
I replaced my old mppt 40 amp charge controller with this Victron unit and I must say it does seem it brings in more power per day than the old unit. Now, with the Victron 100/50, I am bringing in close to 5 kwh per sunny day (in the winter) and before I never saw it go over about half that, very impressive. This is on a 1200 watt solar panel array. I expect in the summer, with longer days, to do even better. Am happy with the purchase and no fans churning away. I will say. as others have, that the blue tooth range is lacking that of other blue tooth devices. From inside the house which is maybe 35' away I cannot get a signal but my Bluetooth battery shunt, which sits directly below the Victron, I CAN get a signal at same distance. Other than that I am a happy camper with this unit and would not hesitate to buy again.
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Chuck
5.0 out of 5 stars Seems to charge better than my old mppt solar charge controller.
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2024
I replaced my old mppt 40 amp charge controller with this Victron unit and I must say it does seem it brings in more power per day than the old unit. Now, with the Victron 100/50, I am bringing in close to 5 kwh per sunny day (in the winter) and before I never saw it go over about half that, very impressive. This is on a 1200 watt solar panel array. I expect in the summer, with longer days, to do even better. Am happy with the purchase and no fans churning away. I will say. as others have, that the blue tooth range is lacking that of other blue tooth devices. From inside the house which is maybe 35' away I cannot get a signal but my Bluetooth battery shunt, which sits directly below the Victron, I CAN get a signal at same distance. Other than that I am a happy camper with this unit and would not hesitate to buy again.
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Dikran Garabedian
5.0 out of 5 stars Working beautifuly
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2024
Arrived very quickly. Very easy setup with phone app. Using in the motorcoach as a second charge controller to maximize battery charging. Very pleased, overall. Would purchase again.
RG
5.0 out of 5 stars AMPINVT vs EPEVER vs VICTRON
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2022
This is just to provide some comparison between these MPPTs when i am in search of one that suit my needs.
The test being done in various conditions, multiple PV configuration and repeated at least 3 times to eliminate some 'quick and easy' judgements.
Honest observation during test found that each MPPT here has their own 'strength' and 'weakness', but all seems are good quality one.
None of these result determine anything about 'reliability' and 'longevity' of the MPPTs and no intention to favor one from the others as they are different from their price point and strength/weakness as mentioned above.
And by no means this was the 'absolute' result since product batch, setup/configuration and environment condition may differ from time, application and place perspective.

Component of tests:
- 4 x 300W Monocrystalline Solar PV
- 280Ah LiFePo4 Batt 12V
- 150A Smart BMS
- AMPINVT MPPT 150/40
- EPEVER MPPT 150/40
- VICTRON SmartSolar 100/50
(*) Victron is the only MPPT has higher specs of amp (50A) while the other 2 are 40A, but AMPINVT and EPEVER has higher volt (150V) compare to Victron (100V)

Key Performance Indicator:
- Tracking time and amount of current (amp) generated in various conditions
a) Series/Parallel, and combination of Series and Parallel of PV
b) Combine multiple MPPTs (parallel) in same system
c) Cloudy/Shading and Full Sun radiation performance

Test Method:
- To measure the current generated by each MPPT, i use the battery BMS across all the MPPTs so this will eliminate AMPINVT/EPEVER/VICTRON specific calculation and calibration on each of their device.
- Using 'external' amperemeter (BMS) will make the judgement square and fair between the 3 MPPTs and objective(not subjective as per vendor specific)

Build wise
1) AMPINVT
- If i could choose, i would like all the MPPT being build like AMPINVT.
- It is very nice solid metal all-round, 2nd most heaviest and the connector style for batt and PV are full clamp type which is good one.
- The only complain on this 150/40A series is the connector very small for 4AWG cable size (batt), it is impossible to fit in 4AWG cable in the batt connector.
2) EPEVER
- The heaviest and biggest among the 3 MPPTs and the shape a bit awkward for me
- Solid build and provide more heat-sink surface to dissipate heat
- Among the 3, the connector type on EPEVER is the worst in my opinion, it was 'pinch' style with screw so it doesn't have good amount of contact and holding power, however the connector size is HUGE!, 4AWG size is not a problem at all.
3) VICTRON
- Being the smallest (less than half-size of EPEVER!) and the lightest of all
- All metal case with heat-sink on the bottom
- Connector style similar to AMPINVT and the size is also small, impossible to fit 4AWG cable size!

Tracking Time
- No doubt AMPINVT is the clear winner here for tracking time, it is very fast compare to VICTRON and EPEVER, VICTRON took almost double the time to reach maximum power point while EPEVER being the slowest of all.
- However, this is very important and i almost didn't notice it first till i repeated the test , albeit AMPINVT tracking time is the fastest, the amp generated is not steady, it is fluctuate between 2A(min) - 6A(max) from the max current generated, it seems AMPINVT was 'very active' re-scanning the maximum power point in looping mode and sweeping through the current between 4-7 seconds.
- Due to unsteady current generated by AMPINVT, this may reduce the total amp-hour produced even though the tracking time is the fastest (quick/shortest).

Cloudy Day
- In 2S PV setup, all 3 produced very similar amperage.
- In 2S2P PV setup, VICTRON has perform slightly better on cloudy day (by 0.3A - 0.6A) after multiple test reading, while AMPINVT being the last one.

Shading Problem
- In 2S PV setup, VICTRON and EPEVER produced slightly more amperage compare to AMPINVT.
- In 2S2P PV setup, 2 out of 5 test reading shows EPEVER generated slightly more amperage compare to VICTRON (by 0.4A - 0.8A)

Full Sun radiation
- In 2S and 2S2P PV setup, i can't really tell since the max amperage for AMPINVT and EPEVER already reached (40A), while VICTRON has 50A max, thus VICTRON constantly produce more amperage by 6A-8A higher than the others.

Conclusion
- AMPINVT has very attractive price point, pretty compact but loud (fan noise) and the really downside is 'unsteady' amp generated, however if system small enough (less than 600W) with 2S PV config only and very limited budget, i think AMPINVT is quite difficult to resist here, since the remaining 2 options is twice or thrice the price.
- VICTRON is long known name in MPPT worlds, no doubt it could be the best and the test result telling not far from the tale, however this is the most expensive one in the 'similar' class, if budget is not an issue and you want to build very compact (small) system then it is no brain to not pick up this one.
- EPEVER, this MPPT perform similar as VICTRON in many ways and perhaps slightly better in shading scenario, can do over paneling up to 3x the power specs (3x520W=1560W) is huge advantage but due to size you need bigger space, but i guess the the best bang for the buck on this class.
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RG
5.0 out of 5 stars AMPINVT vs EPEVER vs VICTRON
Reviewed in the United States on March 13, 2022
This is just to provide some comparison between these MPPTs when i am in search of one that suit my needs.
The test being done in various conditions, multiple PV configuration and repeated at least 3 times to eliminate some 'quick and easy' judgements.
Honest observation during test found that each MPPT here has their own 'strength' and 'weakness', but all seems are good quality one.
None of these result determine anything about 'reliability' and 'longevity' of the MPPTs and no intention to favor one from the others as they are different from their price point and strength/weakness as mentioned above.
And by no means this was the 'absolute' result since product batch, setup/configuration and environment condition may differ from time, application and place perspective.

Component of tests:
- 4 x 300W Monocrystalline Solar PV
- 280Ah LiFePo4 Batt 12V
- 150A Smart BMS
- AMPINVT MPPT 150/40
- EPEVER MPPT 150/40
- VICTRON SmartSolar 100/50
(*) Victron is the only MPPT has higher specs of amp (50A) while the other 2 are 40A, but AMPINVT and EPEVER has higher volt (150V) compare to Victron (100V)

Key Performance Indicator:
- Tracking time and amount of current (amp) generated in various conditions
a) Series/Parallel, and combination of Series and Parallel of PV
b) Combine multiple MPPTs (parallel) in same system
c) Cloudy/Shading and Full Sun radiation performance

Test Method:
- To measure the current generated by each MPPT, i use the battery BMS across all the MPPTs so this will eliminate AMPINVT/EPEVER/VICTRON specific calculation and calibration on each of their device.
- Using 'external' amperemeter (BMS) will make the judgement square and fair between the 3 MPPTs and objective(not subjective as per vendor specific)

Build wise
1) AMPINVT
- If i could choose, i would like all the MPPT being build like AMPINVT.
- It is very nice solid metal all-round, 2nd most heaviest and the connector style for batt and PV are full clamp type which is good one.
- The only complain on this 150/40A series is the connector very small for 4AWG cable size (batt), it is impossible to fit in 4AWG cable in the batt connector.
2) EPEVER
- The heaviest and biggest among the 3 MPPTs and the shape a bit awkward for me
- Solid build and provide more heat-sink surface to dissipate heat
- Among the 3, the connector type on EPEVER is the worst in my opinion, it was 'pinch' style with screw so it doesn't have good amount of contact and holding power, however the connector size is HUGE!, 4AWG size is not a problem at all.
3) VICTRON
- Being the smallest (less than half-size of EPEVER!) and the lightest of all
- All metal case with heat-sink on the bottom
- Connector style similar to AMPINVT and the size is also small, impossible to fit 4AWG cable size!

Tracking Time
- No doubt AMPINVT is the clear winner here for tracking time, it is very fast compare to VICTRON and EPEVER, VICTRON took almost double the time to reach maximum power point while EPEVER being the slowest of all.
- However, this is very important and i almost didn't notice it first till i repeated the test , albeit AMPINVT tracking time is the fastest, the amp generated is not steady, it is fluctuate between 2A(min) - 6A(max) from the max current generated, it seems AMPINVT was 'very active' re-scanning the maximum power point in looping mode and sweeping through the current between 4-7 seconds.
- Due to unsteady current generated by AMPINVT, this may reduce the total amp-hour produced even though the tracking time is the fastest (quick/shortest).

Cloudy Day
- In 2S PV setup, all 3 produced very similar amperage.
- In 2S2P PV setup, VICTRON has perform slightly better on cloudy day (by 0.3A - 0.6A) after multiple test reading, while AMPINVT being the last one.

Shading Problem
- In 2S PV setup, VICTRON and EPEVER produced slightly more amperage compare to AMPINVT.
- In 2S2P PV setup, 2 out of 5 test reading shows EPEVER generated slightly more amperage compare to VICTRON (by 0.4A - 0.8A)

Full Sun radiation
- In 2S and 2S2P PV setup, i can't really tell since the max amperage for AMPINVT and EPEVER already reached (40A), while VICTRON has 50A max, thus VICTRON constantly produce more amperage by 6A-8A higher than the others.

Conclusion
- AMPINVT has very attractive price point, pretty compact but loud (fan noise) and the really downside is 'unsteady' amp generated, however if system small enough (less than 600W) with 2S PV config only and very limited budget, i think AMPINVT is quite difficult to resist here, since the remaining 2 options is twice or thrice the price.
- VICTRON is long known name in MPPT worlds, no doubt it could be the best and the test result telling not far from the tale, however this is the most expensive one in the 'similar' class, if budget is not an issue and you want to build very compact (small) system then it is no brain to not pick up this one.
- EPEVER, this MPPT perform similar as VICTRON in many ways and perhaps slightly better in shading scenario, can do over paneling up to 3x the power specs (3x520W=1560W) is huge advantage but due to size you need bigger space, but i guess the the best bang for the buck on this class.
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Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars Works great, Bluetooth is weak.
Reviewed in the United States on August 13, 2023
I love the Victron components, they work well and are easy to configure. My only complaint is that the Bluetooth requires you to be with a couple of feet or it won’t connect to the phone.

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