We have had a full Victron system installed in the motorhome and very frustrated to find that the Babyliss hair straighteners that my partner uses cause the inverter to click constantly.
Everything else works fine.
They work on a low power Jackery that I use in my day van!
Any suggestions. Can’t believe Jackery works with something that Victron won’t.
Thanks
Dean.
Looks like the Victron is getting ripped out then and replaced by an "inferior" product that works.
Already had to remove the Orion due to heat issues, so overall, very disappointed with the Victron hardware.
Software platform is great; shame about the hardware.
The hair straighter will be using a temp/power regulation circuitry that is incompatible with the multi.
Pretty common problem with cheap devices.
Can someone from Victron please reply to this? The U.K. distributor doesn’t have an answer.
As an owner of a cheap hairdryer and other devices, I can say it is more of an issue on the inverters with the huge torroid inductors in them, no issues with the RS type inverters. Same is true for both Victron and other brands.
The Jackary mentioned above probably has no transformer base at all, so would not likely have the noise. As mentioned by other guys here, they chop the sine wave, and introduce 'noise' into the system.
I guess the question is, is it safe to use with this noise?
Thanks
Thanks.
The noise is disturbing you.
You have a warranty and this isn’t an exclusion, nor are alarms being generated.
So, either be conservative with its use, or get an appliance which has a “better” power control mechanism.
Personally, I don’t like it when expensive equipment that can make flames generates uncomfortable noises.
The inverters are tough. Make the call that makes you comfortable.
I have been abusing/using our 3kva for years with the hair dryer and havent had an issue to date. But it is a few minutes . I think if it was a longer running or higher powered appliance I would have replaced it long ago.
