Hi, I have a professional installed 12v Quattro 5000 inverter / charger with a 1,200 amp-hour Winston LiFePo4 house bank on my 230v 50hZ single phase yacht. I also have a Victron Cerbo GX, a Victron MPPT and two Victron Battery to Battery Chargers on the system. I bought a new Coltri Icon LSE 230v …

It’s likely something that’s happening too fast to really see, but I’m guessing that during startup (with generator running) under full load on the generator the power is ‘dirty’ enough that the Quattro is limiting it or dropping it and trying to invert the load. I have had the same scenario with m…

Thanks Dave, will give that a go!

[image] Ludo: Turn off weak ac and ups. I may be wrong, but maybe turn ON weak ac and OFF ups?

Good to know, once I get my camper dug out for the season I will have to try updating and see if the genset is able to take full load with weak ac turned off

Also check if your input current limit is up as well. It may be trying to power assist too much. With the two different inputs on the quattro you can set 2 different input limits. I am assuming that is how you have it set up.

Thanks Ludo, I will give that a try!

Thanks. Yes, I recently upgraded my genset from a 6kW to a 9kW unit but haven’t changed any settings in the Quattro. I’m however about to set off on a 5,000 mile passage, West to East, from the BVI back across the Atlantic, headed for Greece. I decided it would be wise to postpone changing any setti…

[image] Alex Pescaru: OFF ups Hi Ludo, turning off UPS did the trick - but it means that the Quattro now waits about 2 min instead of ~30 seconds after sensing input current before it passes it along to the boat.

How to stop dive compressor overloading Quattro?

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alexpescaru (Alex Pescaru) 6 April 2025 07:27 7

I see… Thanks.

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