Inverter VE.Direct auto restart

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Hello all,

I am off grid and interested in the victron Inverter VE.Direct and I am wondering, if my battery goes to zero power ( which happens on the rare occasion when we have weeks of heavy clouds ) and the system shuts down, will the inverter auto restart when the solar panels charge the battery back up again . The current inverter ( not victron ) I have requires a manual restart and which is a problem when I am away for weeks and I need my security system back up and running.

Also wondering if there is a problem with connecting two inverters to my battery that will be on separate circuits ( I have a Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT )

thanks in advance for any help and info that can provided.

Larry

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I am in the same situation. On the Phoenix 1200 which I am running on 24v there are two settings:

  1. Restart/Alarm
  2. Low Voltage shutdown
    I can tell you from recent testing that the inverter will stop inverting if the Restart/Alarm threshold is crossed and restart when it goes above the setpoint.

The caveat is that I think it should be shutting down at the Low Voltage Shutdown and restarting at the restart threshold. Otherwise you will get in a hystersis loop since taking the load off a battery (in my case sodium silicate gel cells) will cause the voltage to rise restarting the inverter and the cycle over again every few minutes.

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Thanks for sharing this information and the note on the Loop problem. Very helpful to know. I just got the inverter and just that it auto restarts when I turn the battery off and then on again is great, and that you can also remotely turn it off and on and place in eco mode is really useful.