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Quattro 48/10000 high idle power consumption

Hi all,

I have recently purchased a Victron Quattro 48/10000kva and installed it in my setup. I run a BMV-712, Cerbo GX, Two Smart solar MPPTs on a 25kwh LiFepo4 pack.

I was excited to get the new inverter hooked up as I was upgrading from a Chinese one. When I got it running I noticed it was consuming 100w at idle (no AC load hooked up). I'm measuring the consumption using a BMV-712 which I'm confident is reading correctly. I have ended up going back to my Chinese inverter as its power consumption is far better (35W with no AC load).

Has anyone else experienced this issue and fixed it? I'm running factory settings on firmware version 413. Are there any energy saving improvements I can make? AES won't work for me as I have a small continuous load of 65W. When the quattro is running this load the power consumption remains the same at 100w (165w total). In contrast my Chinese inverter sits around 35W (100w total).

This was an expensive inverter so I'm really hoping there's a solution.

Thanks, Zac



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There have been several complaints about this exact problem on the forum in the past with no clear conclusion. One reply from Victron said that the power varied a lot from one unit to the next and there was no fix for this, another user said theirs was in spec, others also reported 100W, one user said it was known that the data sheet under-reported this number but Victron never updated it in spite of complaints.

One suggested solution was to complain to the supplier that it didn't meet spec and presumably ask for a replacement that did, but I can see this not being well received...

https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/53583/quattro-4810000140-excessive-idle-power-consumptio.html

https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/6893/no-load-idle-consumption-victron-quattro-481000014.html

Ah, just spotted that you already found both these threads...

If you don't need to be able to parallel up (and one AC input is enough) maybe your supplier would swap the Quattro out for a Multiplus II 48/10000 which claims 38W idle?

https://community.victronenergy.com/questions/89983/multiplus-ii-4810000-instead-of-quattro-4810000-lo.html

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