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 👍

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

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.

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

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.

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

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 :)

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

Thank you bud! Exciting times! Are you planning on powering much from it?

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.

@GreenHornCountryClub

5 күн бұрын

@@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?

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

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?

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

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?

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

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.

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?

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

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 👍🏼

@RobinCawser

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

@@RobinCawser Here you go bud! kzread.info/dash/bejne/k3WLs9yqeNK1c7w.html Sorry for the delay

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

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

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 👌

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

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.

@1GREATDANE

Ай бұрын

Ferrel Connection is Best over just Plain Wire compression as in this Video.

@vanglez765

Ай бұрын

@@1GREATDANE Thanks very much.

Doe’s the ground go to the minus of the battery ? Need to know

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

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 👍🏼

About the victron 12/800 the Reading is in va i mean ITS in voltamperthe real Watt IS aroznd about 780 Watt

Is the ground cable necessary or can it work without?

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

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/

@thechrisgeisler

Жыл бұрын

@@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?

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

@@thechrisgeisler no trouble at all! What do you have coming out the AC side of the inverter? Is that where it’s not working?

@thechrisgeisler

Жыл бұрын

@@GreenHornCountryClub coming out? Nothing works when connected to a plug 🔌

@GreenHornCountryClub

Жыл бұрын

@@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/