Victron Energy Orion-Tr Smart DC to DC Charger (Bluetooth) 12/12V 30A 360W

Installed this as part of my travel trailer electrical upgrade and it has performed exactly as expected. The Bluetooth setup through the Victron app was straightforward, and being able to monitor and adjust settings from my phone is a huge plus. The unit feels well built, runs efficiently, and has been a great addition to my Victron system. If you’re upgrading an RV or overlanding setup, this is a quality piece of equipment.

I replaced 2 lead acid batteries on our boat with a single LiFePo battery and used this Victron unit to connect both the inboard motor and 9.9hp kicker motor alternators to charge the new single battery. I got a little bit of help from Grok on how to wire it all, but the system works great. The bluetooth app makes it easy to change settings and keep track of the battery charging.

Easy to use and install. Works exactly as it should. Install it and forget it.

What a problem solver. I needed to charge the 2nd 12V battery in a 24V series from the 1st 12 battery. With isolated output from input this does. The only frustration was getting the PIN correct for the Bluetooth connection. The printed instructions say "000000" but it would not connect. The next morning, I looked at the thing, and found a completely different PIN on a label on the side of it. That one worked. I've been working with chargers, inverters, alternator systems for 40 years. This thing is really cool. Very nice piece of kit.

The Isolated one is where you don't have a battery tied to the vehicle system. I used it in our Truck camper Which brought the power in via the same pigtale that connects the running lights, Brake Lights tail lights and turn signal lights. Therefore the ground was shared. When I connected the Victron Isolating DC to DC charger it Isolated the ground of the vehical from the ground of the camper which caused the lights to quit working. I should have purchased the Non Isolating DC to DC charger as the camper gets connected to the vehicle ground. If you install this one as described none of your Tail lights will work. This WILL work if you are running an independent wires from the vehicles battery directly to the house battery. My solution was to run the pigtail ground and both the input and output wires to the House Negative buss bar no it all works.

These chargers overheat and derate to 50% of their capacity very easily. I am going to end up scrapping $500 worth of chargers purchased 3 months ago for this reason. Very frustrating. Buy the upgraded 50A Victron XS instead. They apparently run much cooler.

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So as the title says, the biggest complaint is the temperature this gets. When running at full power, this thing will easily cause you severe burns. Im sure its capable of melting plastic, which I happen to have it mounted to a a plastic siding and smelled it gassing. I have found there are a couple ways to maybe control this. If you turn off the smart alternator setting and turn off the engine shutoff and turn off the hard cutoff for this, it will pull its maximum power from the alternator, which in my case was right at 410 watts. Also around 33.5 amps. Which is more than rated which is nice. However the downside, i have 2 #10 wires running to this, about 10 feet each way and it drops my voltage from 14v to 12.8 volts. Seems to be a little inefficient given the math for voltage drop, the step up converter is probably what is making all the heat at this point. If I re-enable the low voltage cutoff, and reenable the smart alternator setting, it will only pull closer to 300 watts, about 23 amps dropping the voltage to about 13.1v. Which is still more voltage drop than there should be given my pure copper dual #10 wiring. I tested this using only 1 set of #10 wires, and with the smart alternator enabled, i could only get 10-12 amps, no more than 168 watts. Im assuming that in smart alternator mode, it varies the current based on the voltage at the unit, which means that there is some incredible voltage drop at the unit. There is something definitely inefficient in the unit, and at this price point I figured I was getting something top of the line. This has to be why the unit creates so much heat. There should be an active cooler on this. Buyers should be aware of this fact. Otherwise, the item works great.

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This device has been working great as my B2B charger in my van conversion. The Bluetooth communication works well and the device has been working reliably for the past 6 month. I find all of my Victron products to be bulletproof. Would recommend!