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    Project Update for Victron MultiplusII and 840 watt solar panel install.

    you have a link for the victron app. I have the victron connect app
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    Project Update for Victron MultiplusII and 840 watt solar panel install.

    I have down loaded victronconnect to update firmware and parameters. Can some one PM me the secret code that allows setting to be changed. Have asked the vendor and it is not yet forthcoming.
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    Project Update for Victron MultiplusII and 840 watt solar panel install.

    Near as I can tell the AC leads are connected properly. I have 120 volts on the AC input and none on the AC out.
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    Project Update for Victron MultiplusII and 840 watt solar panel install.

    If I do find I have power to the AC1 output from shore power I will switch the leads at my junction and distribution panel as that is much easier than getting the AC wires out of the multiplusII
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    Project Update for Victron MultiplusII and 840 watt solar panel install.

    yeppers it does have 4 wire input and output. White is Neutral, Red/Pink L2, Green PE, and Black L1. I certainly think I have them all connected correctly, It is a real pain to try to pull them out. I may get that done in the AM and make sure I have Close to 3/4 inch of bare wire to stick into...
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    Project Update for Victron MultiplusII and 840 watt solar panel install.

    Well today was a day of great expectations and dashed hopes. I was able to mount the solar on the roof yesterday. I previously had connected the PV wires to a breaker that was switched off and had the SCCs connected thru a turned off breaker to the Main Positive bus bar Today I installed the 2...
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    I think it's time for a Multiplus

    They have 2 binding terminals for the postives and negatives
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    I think it's time for a Multiplus

    just installed my multiplusII the documentation calls for 2 1/0 cables each for the positive and negative 12 volt DC feeds. I have no clue why but I did run the 2 1/0 cables. I wired a 150 amp fuse to the 1/0 feed from each battery plus. the put a heavy duty cut off switch on each lead to a bus...
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    Project Update for Victron MultiplusII and 840 watt solar panel install.

    They are both reds are the same as are both the black wires though diff length than the reds
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    Are DC to DC chargers really necessary.

    I just bought 12 of the 30 amp fuses. I to replace the one I blew somehow with no battery at all in the system. Who knows the battery positive and negative house battery cables may have touched or the positive cable touched the frame but i replace the fuse with one of the 2 I bought at auto...
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    Finally Arrived Victron Multiplus II

    At some point before the trailer is dragged to the storage lot I will tie wires together that make sense and secure to the plywood and also affix the bottom plywood to the trailer. Right now it is helpful to have some flexibility in positioning to make connections such as the 6 guage wire to...
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    Finally Arrived Victron Multiplus II

    Yes all the red wires from each battery thru the Red Covered bus bar are the same length. The black wires from each battery to the shunt then on to the black covered bus bar are the same length. They are not the same length as the red wires but that does not matter.
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    Project Update for Victron MultiplusII and 840 watt solar panel install.

    I have been busy past few days. The positive leads from the solar panels go into a breaker switch then into the respective SCCs. All wires from the roof to the SCCs are the same length by color. All the black negative lines from the roof to SCCs and from SCCs to Bus Bars are equal. The positive...
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    Are DC to DC chargers really necessary.

    I am installing 2 310 AMP nominal 12 volt batteries in parallel to my 5th wheel. I am also installing 840 watts of solar panels hooked 2s then each pair running to its own EPEVER 40 Amp SCC. Given my 5th wheel is parked and charging a lot more than it is running down the batteries I am...
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    Finally Arrived Victron Multiplus II

    I have been busy past few days. The positive leads from the solar panels go into a breaker switch then into the respective SCCs. All wires from the roof to the SCCs are the same length by color. All the black negative lines from the roof to SCCs and from SCCs to Bus Bars are equal. The...
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