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VRM on your smartwatch - new features
In November 2024 Victron introduced the VRM app for smartwatches, compatible with Garmin, Apple, and Google OS watches. This affords users a new way to monitor and manage their Victron system on the go, whether checking system overviews, viewing temperature readings, or managing EV charging directly from their smartwatch.Todays sees the introduction of the latest version of the VRM smartwatch app with some new features that enable even more control, including monitoring tank levels, controlling
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21st Mar 2025
Victron has been working on a new GUI!
Just a quick teaser screen capture of the new Brief, Overview, Notifications and Sensors screens. The new Victron GUI on your Cerbo or Ekrano will undergo quite a transformation and I am personally grateful for the dark screen option.Only a few other noteworthy changes:The ability to turn those pesky bright leds on the Cerbo off if you have to sleep in close proximity to it.The Notifications and Sensor overview is now only a tap away from the main command interface.A new layout for the Overview
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21st Feb 2024
Beating the loadshedding woes in RSA with a modest 3kVA (2.4kW) Victron Multiplus-II and 4kW storage.
What started out as a complete off-grid system four years ago to keep the fridge going, (no,not just for the beer ... obviously some wine too), ensure popular soapies were uninterrupted and to provide some essential light, at least for the boys to help hit the right target when visiting the "you know what", is today a well balanced ESS even if with a highly unreliable ESKOM grid connection as shown below.The DC coupled PV during the day helps power the loads and keeps the battery charged for esp
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13th Nov 2023
BIG Price Reductions - up to 40% off selected MPPTs.
VICTRON today announced a number a price reductions on various products. MPPTs in particular has seen prices reduced by as much as an incredible 40%, depending on the model. Need an Multiplus-II ESS system? For a limited time, it now comes with a complimentary Cerbo when you purchase a qualifying Multiplus-II 3 or 5KVA.For those requiring a three phase setup, there is a "three for the price of two" offer if you buy a qualifying Multiplus-II 3-phase system.The reductions are possible thanks to im
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7th Nov 2023
Victron BlueSmart IP22 chargers now with VE.Smart networking
Just when you thought it could not get any better, Victron's IP22 BlueSmart range of chargers have been updated with VE.Smart networking functionality. The VE.Smart Network is a wireless device to device (D2D) communication network between Victron products, using Bluetooth Smart.Synchronized parallel chargingSynchronize up to ten battery chargers in a VE.Smart network to make them charge a battery as if they were one large charger. The chargers will synchronize the charge algorithm between them
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31st Mar 2023