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Cptnvideo
Nomad
Nov 04, 2022

Anyone familiar with or have a Victron MultiPlus-II inverter

We are looking into replacing our GoPower IC3000 inverter with the Victron model on the subject line. Reason: the GoPower only monitors and controls load sharing on Line 1. It is my understanding th...
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pianotuna
Nomad III
Nov 07, 2022
The reason for high voltage has to do with how hard the inverter/charger must work. There is a lot more loss to heat with 12 volts dc to 120 volts ac compared to 48 volts dc to 120 volts ac.

48 volts allows the use of smaller wire--but it is always good to have too thick, and as short a run as is possible.

If I were starting over, I'd definitely go to 48 volts.

The down side is that a DC 48 to dc 12 charger needs to be added to the mix.

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