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technical & tips

Useful information to help you design and build your system

need help & advice?

If you need help with system design, please look through the tech posts below  first – there are a range of articles dealing with everything from working out your needs, to cable sizing, and how to match panels to controllers. For more complete system design consultancy, we offer a per hour service for telephone consultations, at a  rate of £25 GBP per hour.

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    New instruction video – ground mounts

    If you’re using our single leg ground mounts then this video walks you through assembling them, putting them up, attaching rails and panels. [...]

    30
    Apr
    New help videos available

    I’m gradually building up a collection of videos that answer common customer questions. They’re all now on the website and you can find [...]

    08
    Apr
    New PV ground mounting calculator

    One of the more commonly asked questions that we get is – “How many ground mounts, rails, clamps etc do I need to [...]

    08
    Apr
    Solar charge control and monitoring

    Have you ever wanted to see the status of your MPPT Solar charge controller – and control it? Now you can with the [...]

    21
    Jun
    So you want to go off grid?

    If you’re considering off grid power, whether it’s for your home, or for a shed, or a cottage in the wild, then this [...]

    21
    Jun
    VictronConnect v5.26 – Why is the charger off?

    Good day! Today we are releasing VictronConnect v5.26. It adds a feature internally dubbed the “MPPT off reason”, which explains to the user [...]

    20
    Jun
    Cable Sizing

    Need to work out Volt Drop for your cable run?  Here is a useful Volt Drop Calculator you can try … Or from the [...]

    12
    Jun
    Matching solar modules to MPPT charge controllers

    Life used to be so simple; in a 12V battery system you took a ‘12V’ solar module, watched carefully that the maximum PV [...]

    11
    Jun
    Battery Monitors and Monitoring Solutions

    Technical articles Victron Energy have a comprehensive range of Battery Monitors, Battery Balancers, BMS and Shunt options, plus a wide variety of panel and system [...]

    10
    Jun
    Wiring Unlimited

    Wiring Unlimited is now available! Download it for free here: Wiring-Unlimited-EN.pdf What is Wiring Unlimited? A Victron Energy book by Margreet Leeftink, Information Developer for [...]

    10
    Jun

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          • Off grid home kits
          • Motorhome/Van kits
          • Outbuilding / shed kits
          • PV Mounting kits
        • Battery
          • Batteries
          • Battery monitors and SmartShunt
          • Battery Isolators
          • Battery & inverter cables
          • DC-DC Converters
        • Solar
          • Solar charge Controllers
          • Solar cables
          • Solar PV
          • PV Mounting rails and clamps
          • PV Mounting calculator
          • Which Charge Controller do I need?
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          • GX Monitoring & Panels
          • Fuses / Busbars / Shunts
          • DC-DC Converters
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