# Rebalancing channels **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/rebalancing-channels/1103 "2021-05-25T07:23:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![btc\_ln](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/btc_ln/32/838_2.png) [@btc\_ln](https://community.umbrel.com/u/btc_ln)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:23am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/rebalancing-channels/1103/1 "2021-05-25T07:23:19Z")
The RTL app within Umbrel is really handy to rebalance your Lightning channels, which is a prerequisite to start routing for other nodes. You can watch the video below for instructions on how to do this: [![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/getumbrel/original/1X/7970cc785cc538ab0c60c64165121e3e27025c82.jpeg "How to Rebalance Lightning Channels in RTL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09tLEZM4MgQ) However, I noticed that it costs me dozens of satoshis for each transaction to rebalance my channels. Once they are rebalanced, the routing kicks in within an hour, and soon my channels are unbalanced yet again. Other nodes take advantage of the capacity I have on my channels and rebalance their own. Since my fees are set really low I don’t earn back the sats I spent rebalancing. Should I just raise my fees, but then I won’t be routing much if at all. Any advice on this situation? ---
**Author:** ![altvision](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d78d45/32.png) [@altvision](https://community.umbrel.com/u/altvision)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/rebalancing-channels/1103/2 "2021-06-30T15:25:36Z")
@btc_ln I have the same question, did you come up with a solution? ---
**Author:** ![btc\_ln](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/btc_ln/32/838_2.png) [@btc\_ln](https://community.umbrel.com/u/btc_ln)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/rebalancing-channels/1103/3 "2021-06-30T16:32:31Z")
No. But I realize I don’t have to rebalance. The other parties do it for me. 😃 And those who don’t I don’t mind about. ---
**Author:** ![n080dy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/n080dy/32/2207_2.png) [@n080dy](https://community.umbrel.com/u/n080dy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 7:00am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/rebalancing-channels/1103/4 "2022-10-16T07:00:20Z")
Hey, how I can rebalance if all the channels have more than 95% outbound liquidity? Anyone willing to open a channel toward this noe? > **[⚡LNDg.xyz - Amboss Space the Lightning Network Explorer and Analytics Tool -...](https://amboss.space/node/03211a9180220359bd491643cc52b456c4fae966a568d8372c462132e8f68f6049)** > > ⚡LNDg.xyz is a Lightning Network Node with public key 03211a9180220359bd491643cc52b456c4fae966a568d8372c462132e8f68f6049 on Bitcoin Mainnet viewable on Amboss Space. It has a total of 35 channels with a total capacity of 120,321,728 satoshis. Public... Or is looping Out another option to try? ---
**Author:** ![btc\_ln](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.umbrel.com/btc_ln/32/838_2.png) [@btc\_ln](https://community.umbrel.com/u/btc_ln)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://community.umbrel.com/t/rebalancing-channels/1103/5 "2022-10-18T06:16:23Z")
You can’t rebalance that way. Buy a channel from zerofeerouting to balance your node: [https://zerofeerouting.com](https://zerofeerouting.com) I recommend 20M+. And in the future you could use our service to open channels so you retain a balanced node: [https://lightningnetwork.plus](https://lightningnetwork.plus)