[image] Venus OS v3.80~27 available for public testing VRM: Filter invalid energy counters to prevent large spikes on VRM. I was happy to read about that fix in V3.80~22. But since install, some spikes in VRM for ‘AC-Loads’ go even higher (>15.000 kWh in one hour) and there seem to be …

I see there were more changes listed in the current beta ~27 to catch spikes before getting to VRM. Has this helped? Perhaps this is relevant as well: [image] Virtual EM with type EV charger reports total kWh in VRM upon Venus upgrade Node-RED The upgrade men…

I had the same problems with virtual Devices in NodeRed for a shelly energy Meter. I turned out, with the help of this comunity, that you habe to disable the “Initialize with defaults” in the virtual device config. At least for me this solved the problem.

Thanks! I installed the ~27 and will report again. I’ll try the ‘initialize with defaults’ also if it does not help. Yes, i can imagine that when it intializes with e.g. 0kWh consumption, BUT has values at all, it is used somehow by Victron, seconds before i fill in values via Modbus. Resulting in…

Let me start by explaining that we actually don’t like filtering these bad energy values. Ideally these bugs should be fixed at the source, not filtered for later. This was not a bug that was fixed, rather it is an attempt at working around bugs in other places. The problem is that there are just t…

Thanks! I will track that, too! And if so, will apply filter for it. I’ll report back on whatever outcome i find. Would be nice if you could still inform about WHAT THE HECK Victron does EXACTLY with my Virtual AC-Loads in VRM…

My Finder Meters are tracked and filtered now for Zero values, but they were not the problem. I went back to older OS and could reproduce it when “Start with default values” was ON. So now i filter possible zero values before accidentally writing them on to the virtual AC-load. Next, I disabled “…

In GUI-V2 there is a way via “Settings > VRM > VRM Device Instances” to set a fixed ID for “Device Instances”. Have you tried this? It must be possible - with one exception - a “MultiPlus-II”. It’s not possible to set a fixed ID for a MultiPlus-II this way - does anyone know a way for a “Fxed-Mult…

I wasn’t aware of this! I will have a look at this! Thanks!

Under “Settings > VRM > VRM Device Instances” you can change SOME IDs, but the Virtual Meters and Loads are not even listed there. In VRM itself you can’t change it, too. So this stays a problem… :frowning:

AC-Load spikes in VRM

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nickdb (Nick) 2 June 2026 05:42 2

I see there were more changes listed in the current beta ~27 to catch spikes before getting to VRM. Has this helped?

Perhaps this is relevant as well:

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AC-Load spikes in VRM

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