New products on E-Order. Jono made a new video for you - it's called: Raymarine & Victron Integration. Sign up for the webinar on Smart rural electrification with Fronius. There is a blog about Impossible Robotics 2020 with a Star Wars themed challenge, one about the Victron training in Chile and California, a third about sophisticated hybrid generators, and a speed skating blog highlighting all the successes of Gewest Fryslan. Make sure you check the list of updated documentation, dates for our training events and exhibitions.

New products on E-Order

Several new products have been added to E-Order recently, these include:

• 250 Volt Solar Chargers with a VE.Can comm. port, stock available for some models.
• The Cerbo GX and its GX Touch 50 display accessory, as well as its DIN rail adapters. All available for pre-ordering.
• BMV-712 Black, the 712 model used to be only available in gray, not any more. Is also in stock.
• Larger power Blue Smart Chargers, a 12/25 and 24/13 model. Note that these have already been on E-Order since December.

Raymarine & Victon integration video

Winter upgrades to sailing yacht Pilgrim
It’s that time of year in the UK, when many a boat is hauled out and their owners upgrade and maintain their systems. Victron video producer Jonathan Cecil recently took a trip to Whitehaven Boatyard in Cumbria to see Chris Dobson of UK Marine Electronics Ltd. – and in so doing produced a fascinating instructional video.
More information in this blog post.

Webinar: Smart rural electrification with Fronius and Victron Energy

This webinar provides an insight into the successful track-record of Fronius and Victron Energy compatibility in the field of rural applications. Besides reviewing traditional layout possibilities, Fronius experts will discuss the priorities when considering the parameters of concrete system designs; and correct installation and commissioning processes. At the end of the webinar a Victron expert will join live to review Fronius/Victron synergies from a different perspective - and provide an overview of our ideas for the future.

So join us for this webinar on February 17th, or February 20^th at 4 p.m. CET. To register, follow this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5853473754771937291?source=Victron

New and updated documents

In our weekly update you will find the following documents

• In the table of the datasheet SmartSolar charge controller MPPT 150/35 we deleted the following line: Battery reverse polarity (fuse, not user accessible)
• The datasheet SmartSolar charge controller MPPT 75/10, 75/15, 100/15, 100/20, 100/20-48V has been updated and now shows more voltages for the MPPT 100/20-48V.
• In the manual MultiPlus 500VA - 1200VA we added a note to 3.2 Remote control concerning firmware versions and in 5.4.3 DIP switch 1 we added the Digital Multi Control panel to the products listed.
• The manual Lithium iron phosphate batteries Smart section 3.1 has been updated to reflect only 5 batteries can be paralleled instead of 10.
• In the datasheet MultiPlus-II we added the certificate EN 50549 to the Standards, Anti-islanding in the table.
• VE.Can has been added to the datasheet BlueSolar MPPT 150-45 up to 150-70.
• In the datasheet SmartSolar MPPT 150/70 up to 150/100 VE.Can the table has been updated with VE.Can and availability Bluetooth.
• The datasheet miniBMS has been changed to miniBMS with pre-alarm. we added the section Pre-alarm output, the information in the table has been updated, as well as the schematics.

 For all latest documentation we refer you to our website.

Victron training events

Sign up for one of our training events and learn more about our products.
The next training events, all of which are still accepting registration, will take place on:

• February 4th – February 5th, Formation installateur – Configuration avancée et batterie lithium in Sainte-Tulle, France
• February 11^th, Curso Básico y Baterías in Muchamiel, Spain
• February 11^th – February 12^th, Formation installateur – Basique et site isolé in Sainte-Tulle, France

For more information about our training events visit Victron Professional

Upcoming exhibitions

Check our exhibition schedule online if you are interested in visiting an exhibition in your area over the coming months. The following exhibitions are scheduled:

• February 4^th – February 6^th, Intersolar North America 2020 in San Diego (CA), USA
• February 5^th – February 7^th, Genera 2020 in Madrid, Spain
• February 5^th – February 7^th, Sähkö valo tele av exhibition in Jyväskylä, Finland

NICE TO KNOW

Impossible Robotics 2020 – Star Wars themed challenge

Impossible Robotics – a team of fifteen Dutch engineering students – have accepted this year’s challenge from FIRST inspires.

Every year a new game is revealed by FIRST – a not-for-profit organisation which nurtures young engineering talent all around the world. Last weekend Impossible Robotics began building their robot, they now have six weeks to complete it to competition standard.

Victron Energy training in the Americas

Chile & California
Victron training isn’t something we report on regularly here, as there are simply too many events – which would tend to monopolise the Victron Energy blog pages.
Regardless, we have a photographic flavour from afar of recent events – just to show you training is worldwide and not simply in Europe.

Sophisticated Hybrid Generators

Ideal for onshore wind turbine installation and commissioning
Rune Eilertsen, Managing Director of Hybridgenerator ApS in Denmark, certainly knows how to grasp a good idea and implement it.
Whilst many companies use Victron Energy Inverter/Chargers supplied by battery systems to provide power during low load diesel generator periods, when not running at more engine and environmentally friendly full generator loads – Rune decided there was a better way to do things.
Read the blog to learn more about the result.

Ice Cool Performance

European Championship highlights
Together with team mates Ireen Wüst and Antoinette de Jong, Melissa Wijfje secured a win for the Netherlands in the Team Pursuit event of the European Championships which were held in Thialf, Netherlands. They beat Russia and Belarus to secure victory.
Read more in the blog post.