# Grid loss alarm with grid present **URL:** \ **Category:** DIY\ **Tags:** multiplus\_2\_gx, marine, cerbo\_gx, vrm, diy\ **Created:** [30 June 2025 10:03 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/grid-loss-alarm-with-grid-present/37762 "2025-06-30T10:03:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bizli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@Bizli](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Bizli)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2025 10:03 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/grid-loss-alarm-with-grid-present/37762/1 "2025-06-30T10:03:24Z")
Hiya, I’ve recently added some assistants to a multiplus 2 so i can ignore the grid and have ac out 2 come on with batt voltage. Running firmware 3.55 I want a grid loss alarm even when im ignoring AC. (It’s tempermental here and i want to be able to track it). I’m currently getting grid loss alarms while ignoring AC. I can create a vrm alarm for phase 1. But that’s no good to me, I want it to alarm through the cerbo screen. Is this a firmware issue? Any ideas? Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Bizli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@Bizli](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Bizli)\ **Post date:** [30 June 2025 13:13 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/grid-loss-alarm-with-grid-present/37762/2 "2025-06-30T13:13:13Z")
I’ve now updated to 3.62 and the issue persists. Any clues gratefully received. ---
**Author:** ![Bizli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@Bizli](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Bizli)\ **Post date:** [2 July 2025 08:32 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/grid-loss-alarm-with-grid-present/37762/3 "2025-07-02T08:32:10Z")
Can anyone help with this? Monitoring the shore is crucial for this location. ---
**Author:** ![toddwhy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@toddwhy](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/toddwhy)\ **Post date:** [16 December 2025 15:23 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/grid-loss-alarm-with-grid-present/37762/4 "2025-12-16T15:23:32Z")
Hi Katy, I have the same issue. We turn on AC Input ignore a few times a day. Every time AC input ignore fires we get a grid loss notification even though the grid is still present. Workaround was to disable grid loss monitoring on Venus/Cerbo. Then create a custom flow in node-RED that activates the grid loss. This generates a message in VRM as well. ---
**Author:** ![Fideri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/user_avatar/community.victronenergy.com/fideri/32/2275_2.png) [@Fideri](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Fideri)\ **Post date:** [16 December 2025 18:43 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/grid-loss-alarm-with-grid-present/37762/5 "2025-12-16T18:43:30Z")
I use ignore AC and can still see AC voltage and I don’t have such a problem with an alarm set up in VRM? I’m not using Node Red or anything else for this. ---
**Author:** ![Bizli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@Bizli](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Bizli)\ **Post date:** [16 December 2025 19:31 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/grid-loss-alarm-with-grid-present/37762/6 "2025-12-16T19:31:23Z")
Really? What firmware are you running? Would be great to get it working properly ---
**Author:** ![Fideri](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/victron/user_avatar/community.victronenergy.com/fideri/32/2275_2.png) [@Fideri](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Fideri)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2025 06:47 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/grid-loss-alarm-with-grid-present/37762/7 "2025-12-17T06:47:05Z")
My quattro is on 510 and my Cerbo on 3.66. I’m not using ESS but I don’t know if that is significant. Everything works flawlessly. When my grid voltage limits set up under VRM are hit, I get an alarm as set up, including on both my phones, with a reading of the present voltage ---
**Author:** ![Bizli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47774/32.png) [@Bizli](https://community.victronenergy.com/u/Bizli)\ **Post date:** [17 December 2025 10:48 UTC](https://community.victronenergy.com/t/grid-loss-alarm-with-grid-present/37762/8 "2025-12-17T10:48:35Z")
Great thank you!