I know this is an old video but I hope you see this question. I have a 3000w inverter and two large batteries. All came with the van and I have no idea what it means to have a 3000w inverter and these huge batteries?
@@chartmann43 the wattage on an inverter is the maximum amount of power that inverter can handle at one time. All appliances that you plug in will use a certain amount of power, or watts. You can usually find this figure on the appliance itself 👍🏼
@@allenmaner6616 hey bud, the cable is 16mm, there should be a link to the specific cable in the video description. As for the length of cable, that would vary on your van and how you’ve positions things. Cheers
Thanks so much bud! Really appreciate the question too. Coincidentally, this is something I’ve been researching at the moment as I’m planning on installing a consumer unit and some plug sockets soon which I’ll do a separate video for. To answer your question, what I think I’m going to do is use a double pole RCBO in the consumer unit, then any fault that occurs should break both the live and neutral, so it won’t matter if I have a floating neutral or not 👍🏼
Nice design! I recently bought the 12/500 Phoenix inverter, but I'm going to use it at my house as a backup power source for my electronics. Should I ground (grounding rod) the inverter?
Thanks dude! You should defo ground the inverter. I believe the inverter itself will have a ‘floating neutral’, so you may need to adapt this depending on what you’re wiring out of the end of the inverter. There should be a section in the Victron manual that explains it all.
Nice setup. Why did you put in a kill switch on the positive battery wire and not use the remote switch terminals to a panel switch? Did you find there were current draws even when the unit is turned off?
Thanks bud! At the time, I was thinking if I added a kill switch before the inverter it would mean if I want to upgrade the inverter later down the line, I could isolate that part of the circuit and disconnect it entirely.
Please I'm confused, do I connect the battery cable bare end to the inverter connector, or I use a ring terminal in the cable? It's just that I don't get to see clearly how is done. Thanks for any response.
Hi mate, great video. I've just received a phoenix inverter, and I was hoping to wire it up to an existing consumer unit (off grid), how are you planning on doing that?
Thanks bud! Yes I am, should be wiring up a consumer unit in the next week or so which I’ll do a separate video for. I’ve basically just got one RCBO that I’m going to wire 3 double plug sockets from 👍🏼
@@GreenHornCountryClub cheers I'll look forward to the video, it's the wiring from the inverter to the consumer unit I'm interested in, since it has a UK socket on it.
@@RobinCawser I’ve got some 2.5mm twin and earth cable that I can use to wire to a plug for the AC output of the inverter and then feed the other end into the RCBO. I’m going to use the same cable for the double plug sockets too.
Are these any good buddy I’m thinking of getting the 1300w one but look into a auto transfer switch I can point you in the right direction on a cheap one
Hey dude! I haven’t actually tried it out yet. I’ve already bought a consumer unit with a single RCBO that I’m going to wire three plug sockets from. Hoping to wire them up this week 👌
Hey bud, thanks for the message. So as far as I understand it, the grounding point on the inverter is essentially 'floating neutral'. The inverter will work without grounding from this point but it's important to consider what you're wiring out the other end of the inverter. If you leave the inverter floating neutral and only use single-pole RCDs, in the instance that the fuse blows only the live wire is cut, the neutral wire will still be live which can be dangerous. If using single-pole RCDs, you'll need to bond the floating neutral. There's a section in Victron's inverter user manual which shows you how to do this. Alternatively, what I did was use a double-pole RCBO which will break both live and neutral in the event of a fault regardless of if you've got a floating or bonded neutral. I hope that makes some form of sense. I've found a forum post online that explains it far better than I probably just have 😅 www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/grounding-victron-phoenix-inverter.243185/
@@GreenHornCountryClub thanks so much for this reply. Really appreciated. Well, I would love to get your thoughts on what to do when the green light is flashing and the Inverter doesn’t work. I wired my friends up and something not right (It’s a 1200w) I have the same but 500w and it’s wired in the same way and works fine (with no ground) I have the connections going to BuseBars. Is that what you mean by single poked rcd?
@@thechrisgeisler sorry bud! I should have been clearer - on the back of the inverter you have the AC output socket. Are you plugging appliances directly into that and it’s not powering them? I was looking online and it seems that a flashing LED could possibly indicate some sort of calibration error. Victron has a Toolkit app that you can download and it should give you more information on the specific error. www.victronenergy.com/blog/2014/10/02/victron-toolkit-a-new-app-for-android-and-iphone-users/
This has to be the nicest layout - love your approach of laying it all out with the slots for the cable management and bus bars 👍
Thanks so much man! I can’t take credit for the idea but it works really well.
Super simple - well explained - your approach gives confidence to other amateur “electricians”! Well done indeed.
Thanks so much man! I’m glad it helped 🙏🏻
I love how neat your work is buddy. It's easy to follow visually which is good.
Thanks man! I stole the idea from someone else I saw online but it’s perfect for keeping everything organised (and hiding wires)
Great Video. Beatiful Install!!! My Victron 800 arrived today :)
Thank you bud! Exciting times! Are you planning on powering much from it?
I know this is an old video but I hope you see this question. I have a 3000w inverter and two large batteries. All came with the van and I have no idea what it means to have a 3000w inverter and these huge batteries?
@@chartmann43 the wattage on an inverter is the maximum amount of power that inverter can handle at one time. All appliances that you plug in will use a certain amount of power, or watts. You can usually find this figure on the appliance itself 👍🏼
I'm needing to know the size of cable needed that will fit in the Phoenix 24 v/1200? About 4 feet long. Thanks and I'll keep looking.
@@allenmaner6616 hey bud, the cable is 16mm, there should be a link to the specific cable in the video description. As for the length of cable, that would vary on your van and how you’ve positions things. Cheers
Love the Video! Very clean looking install. Did you convert the inverter neutral earth bonded from floating neutral?
Thanks so much bud! Really appreciate the question too. Coincidentally, this is something I’ve been researching at the moment as I’m planning on installing a consumer unit and some plug sockets soon which I’ll do a separate video for.
To answer your question, what I think I’m going to do is use a double pole RCBO in the consumer unit, then any fault that occurs should break both the live and neutral, so it won’t matter if I have a floating neutral or not 👍🏼
Nice design! I recently bought the 12/500 Phoenix inverter, but I'm going to use it at my house as a backup power source for my electronics. Should I ground (grounding rod) the inverter?
Thanks dude! You should defo ground the inverter. I believe the inverter itself will have a ‘floating neutral’, so you may need to adapt this depending on what you’re wiring out of the end of the inverter. There should be a section in the Victron manual that explains it all.
Nice setup. Why did you put in a kill switch on the positive battery wire and not use the remote switch terminals to a panel switch? Did you find there were current draws even when the unit is turned off?
Thanks bud! At the time, I was thinking if I added a kill switch before the inverter it would mean if I want to upgrade the inverter later down the line, I could isolate that part of the circuit and disconnect it entirely.
Where did u get the right angle crimp connections??
@@markfrench5034 hey dude! There should be links to everything I used in the video in the description 👍🏼
@@GreenHornCountryClub I couldn't find them :( they just seem proper handy to have
@@markfrench5034 these should be the ones: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333649625759
Thanks mate ordered :) @GreenHornCountryClub
Please I'm confused, do I connect the battery cable bare end to the inverter connector, or I use a ring terminal in the cable? It's just that I don't get to see clearly how is done. Thanks for any response.
Ferrel Connection is Best over just Plain Wire compression as in this Video.
@@1GREATDANE Thanks very much.
About the victron 12/800 the Reading is in va i mean ITS in voltamperthe real Watt IS aroznd about 780 Watt
Hi mate, great video. I've just received a phoenix inverter, and I was hoping to wire it up to an existing consumer unit (off grid), how are you planning on doing that?
Thanks bud! Yes I am, should be wiring up a consumer unit in the next week or so which I’ll do a separate video for. I’ve basically just got one RCBO that I’m going to wire 3 double plug sockets from 👍🏼
@@GreenHornCountryClub cheers I'll look forward to the video, it's the wiring from the inverter to the consumer unit I'm interested in, since it has a UK socket on it.
@@RobinCawser I’ve got some 2.5mm twin and earth cable that I can use to wire to a plug for the AC output of the inverter and then feed the other end into the RCBO. I’m going to use the same cable for the double plug sockets too.
@@RobinCawser Here you go bud! ua-cam.com/video/aAWQzqHoOCY/v-deo.html Sorry for the delay
Doe’s the ground go to the minus of the battery ? Need to know
Hey bud, thanks for the message. The ground cable is connected to the negative busbar. The negative busbar is then grounded to the van’s chassis 👍🏼
Are these any good buddy I’m thinking of getting the 1300w one but look into a auto transfer switch I can point you in the right direction on a cheap one
Hey dude! I haven’t actually tried it out yet. I’ve already bought a consumer unit with a single RCBO that I’m going to wire three plug sockets from. Hoping to wire them up this week 👌
Is the ground cable necessary or can it work without?
Hey bud, thanks for the message. So as far as I understand it, the grounding point on the inverter is essentially 'floating neutral'. The inverter will work without grounding from this point but it's important to consider what you're wiring out the other end of the inverter.
If you leave the inverter floating neutral and only use single-pole RCDs, in the instance that the fuse blows only the live wire is cut, the neutral wire will still be live which can be dangerous.
If using single-pole RCDs, you'll need to bond the floating neutral. There's a section in Victron's inverter user manual which shows you how to do this.
Alternatively, what I did was use a double-pole RCBO which will break both live and neutral in the event of a fault regardless of if you've got a floating or bonded neutral.
I hope that makes some form of sense. I've found a forum post online that explains it far better than I probably just have 😅
www.motorhomefun.co.uk/forum/threads/grounding-victron-phoenix-inverter.243185/
@@GreenHornCountryClub thanks so much for this reply. Really appreciated.
Well, I would love to get your thoughts on what to do when the green light is flashing and the Inverter doesn’t work. I wired my friends up and something not right (It’s a 1200w)
I have the same but 500w and it’s wired in the same way and works fine (with no ground)
I have the connections going to BuseBars. Is that what you mean by single poked rcd?
@@thechrisgeisler no trouble at all!
What do you have coming out the AC side of the inverter? Is that where it’s not working?
@@GreenHornCountryClub coming out?
Nothing works when connected to a plug 🔌
@@thechrisgeisler sorry bud! I should have been clearer - on the back of the inverter you have the AC output socket. Are you plugging appliances directly into that and it’s not powering them?
I was looking online and it seems that a flashing LED could possibly indicate some sort of calibration error. Victron has a Toolkit app that you can download and it should give you more information on the specific error.
www.victronenergy.com/blog/2014/10/02/victron-toolkit-a-new-app-for-android-and-iphone-users/
Oh wow I think they must think I’m trying to advertise 😂 just passing some information it’s only like seeing the Victron name lol