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Jay Kote asked

Clarification of Boosting and Inverter Size

If I have a 2000W inverter/charger (Multiplus) and I need > 2000, can I go up to 3000W getting a boost from AC mains? What is the maximum the Multiplus can do with boosting?

Multiplus-II
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Matthias Lange - DE answered ·

The MultiPlus 2000 have a continues power of 1600W @ 25°C.
Depending of the adjusted AC input current limit(VE.config or Digital Multi Control) the Multi can add this 1600W on top of the power supplied from the grid.
This is called "power assist" and is explained in this whitepaper(1.10):
https://www.victronenergy.com/upload/documents/White-paper-Achieving-the-impossible-EN.pdf

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