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Victron is Over-priced Eurotrash. Why would anybody buy Victron over an AiO?

Brucey said:
Yes, the cheaper value option without non Victron battery comms, and then the full featured unit which is basically three of their units in a single case (multiplus, 250/100 SCC and a mini GX). If you have the budget then definitely a lot more robust assuming you are ok with 250V max for your strings.
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Nay, doesn't work. Rewiring the entire panels again too much works. Guess I should start saving and prepare to buy RS Multi RS and the Cerbo GX next year?

Kinda give up with Growatt after email after email and their technicians kinda.........."this is not my job" attitude when I am asking them if it is possible to modify their Li BMS communication to enable float charging instead of the 100%-95% SOC nonsense.

Brucey said:
I'm assuming you are aware that those are 230/240V units only and can't be used in the US for 120V without an additional autotransformer.
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No worry. 240V and 50Hz at my area.
 
Brucey said:
Oh my thought was a class t fuse between battery and the power in end positive terminal, with mega fuses in the power in for SCCs and loads. And then smart shunt between battery negative and power in end negative terminal. Like this as an example, but I'll have the class t by the battery terminals versus right at the power in. Now the problem is my cutoff switch is only rated for 48V max (blue seas 6006)
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That makes more sense. Thanks for elaborating
 
So I looked and found the bolts holding the cover are m4, but anyone know which Philips head I should use to avoid stripping them?20240216_094348.jpg
 
Brucey said:
So I looked and found the bolts holding the cover are m4, but anyone know which Philips head I should use to avoid stripping them?View attachment 195951
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I always just try each bit by itself, just put the bit into the screw head with your fingers and it should fit really tight and not wiggle side to side off axis when you get the right size bit.
 
1201 said:
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You misunderestimated.
A few other comments haven't aged well either, including one asking how many lifetimes would it take for a Victron 24v system to pay for itself.

The answer is: a couple years. For my extremely limited demand a Phoenix 24/1200 for around $300 has 900w and a long surge to 1500w. A Victron 100/30 SCC on eBay is $130. So about the price of a generic low end AIO with admittedly less solar charging available though I can't imagine the average 3000w AIO user utilizing 4000w of input. But this is about my usage for which this is totally adequate. The generics also reportedly use at least 2% of available power to run themselves while the Victron uses about 1%.

Multiplus 3000w costs around $1200, comparing favorably with a Midnite Solar 3000w rebadged Chinese higher-than-low-range generic at $800, though admittedly without a SCC.

Given all the horror stories about AIO including people buying two for when the inevitable failure happens, Victron looks well positioned at not insurmountable price difference.
 
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Samsonite801 said:
I always just try each bit by itself, just put the bit into the screw head with your fingers and it should fit really tight and not wiggle side to side off axis when you get the right size bit.
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Thanks. These ones are super recessed so that's not possible.
 
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