This topic covers the reported power in the DC system tile as shown on a Venus device (such as CCGX, Cerbo, Ekrano or Raspberry Pi etc.) or on VRM dashboard. The symptoms are typically that the DC power does not match with a calculation using the power shown and the battery, solar and ac tiles and/o…

[image] pwfarnell: “If you have a system which does not measure the DC System Power using a SmartShunt or BMV 712 (see later) then this is entirely normal.” Not sure if I’m reading your response correctly as it indicates to me that this is an issue if no Smartshunt is installed - which is not…

I am afraid you are reading it wrong. You have a SmartShunt that is measuring your battery charge and discharge current. This is explained further in the last paragraph, if you have DC loads that are not measured by Victron equipment such as DC lighting, DC pumps etc. (The DC System) then you can ad…

The DC System Power on a Venus device is jumping, erratic or does not match other loads

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The DC System Power on a Venus device is jumping, erratic or does not match other loads

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