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Victron system - Cerbo wiring neatness

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Does anyone have a way to neatly organize all the cables running to a cerbo? The touch 50 has a 10ft cord but it will be mounted right next to the multi, so i already have that coiled up. All the VE direct cables are fixed lenght to some degree.
Im thinking about a box just for all the excess cords with either the cerbo or the touch 50 mounted to the lid.?
No room for a raceway.
Better ideas?
Pictures?
 
Coil excess in loops and zip tie them

Do you have a picture of how you have it mounted now?
 
Agreed, mine’s a mess as well.

Best I can offer is bring the surface plane out and mount another piece of board (maybe cement board). Then run stuff behind it.
 
Yeah i seen Victron actually had a contest for cleanest install, that technique was used. I probably should have started this build with that in mind.
 
740GLE said:
I’d have no issues with that. Bonus points for the picture framing.

Is that a 50a or 30a outlet lower left?
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Trying to make it look nice 🤷‍♂️
It has dual purpose of keeping the plywood layers together and giving more material to grab when you screw it to the wall.

Thats a L5-30 for generator input.
 
seneysolar said:
Does anyone have a way to neatly organize all the cables running to a cerbo? The touch 50 has a 10ft cord but it will be mounted right next to the multi, so i already have that coiled up. All the VE direct cables are fixed lenght to some degree.
Im thinking about a box just for all the excess cords with either the cerbo or the touch 50 mounted to the lid.?
No room for a raceway.
Better ideas?
Pictures?
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Printables

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Sennen said:
Cable management is the ultimate end-game boss
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Agreed.
The 10ft HDMI cable thats permanently attached to the Touch 50 is my biggest issue. Seems like they could offer different lengths like everything else.
I think ill try a box for everything and report back
 
Thank you
Its a 70A , 2 spaces.
1 breaker is for a well pump and the other is the cabin (lights and tv)

This is going in my friends off grid cabin in the UP along Pictured Rocks. Getting it all set up here, powered up, programed and tested before going out into the middle of nowhere.
 
Good taste, mine will be 90% the same, minus the cerbo, and will be used in the Western Mountains of Maine for 3 season of the year.

24v3k MPII, lynx power in, shunt, 100/15, 70a load center for with 30a GFIC QO circuit for the cabin and hardwired 15a outlets on the inverter center.

I plan to pull the “inverter center” each winter and use it at the house for any winter power outages and provide a quick source for our furnace.
 
740GLE said:
Good taste, mine will be 90% the same, minus the cerbo, and will be used in the Western Mountains of Maine for 3 season of the year.

24v3k MPII, lynx power in, shunt, 100/15, 70a load center for with 30a GFIC QO circuit for the cabin and hardwired 15a outlets on the inverter center.

I plan to pull the “inverter center” each winter and use it at the house for any winter power outages and provide a quick source for our furnace.
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This will be year round use. Not sure I like the cerbo as far as instalation, but the features are nice. Having the Touch 50 or 70 is pretty cool.

It sure is heavy, id hate to take it down and haul it around more than once. Im also using 4 Trojan SPRE-06-415, so definitely not moving those more than i need to.
 
seneysolar said:
This will be year round use. Not sure I like the cerbo as far as instalation, but the features are nice. Having the Touch 50 or 70 is pretty cool.

It sure is heavy, id hate to take it down and haul it around more than once. Im also using 4 Trojan SPRE-06-415, so definitely not moving those more than i need to.
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You are right I’m now in the process of laying things out on plywood dry fitting things for layout, the MPII is a heavy beast, then another 20-30lbs of Lynx, load center and outlet boxes, that even without the MPPT.
 
740GLE said:
You are right I’m now in the process of laying things out on plywood dry fitting things for layout, the MPII is a heavy beast, then another 20-30lbs of Lynx, load center and outlet boxes, that even without the MPPT.
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Yeah, i pre build/ pre wire to save trying to rush it on a weekend installation but its definitely a 2 person lift.
Maybe you can keep your mpII somewhat modular with twist lock plugs for the AC in and out?
 
My idea was to keep it as a “MP load center” with outlets, 15a duplexs with GFIC and TT30 with GFIC breaker, so I could use it at home in the winter to power our furnace during a quick winter storm.

The solar input and combiner box most likely will remain separate.
 
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