What’s new this week: Cerbo GX and GX Touch 50 display news, launching our new Pay-As-You-Go Solar Charger, the SHS 200 MPPT. VictronConnect v5.17 has been released. Don’t forget to sign up for the webinar on Smart rural electrification with Fronius. There is a blog about the AAP Foundation, Power in the wilderness and one about Vibez Radio, going off-grid and on-line. And of course our usual lists of updated documentation, dates for training events and exhibitions.

Cerbo GX & GX Touch 50 news

• First batches are completed in manufacturing and are on their way to our Arvato warehouse. We'll start shipping next week. Use E-Order to see availability.
• Yesterday we published its introduction blog post, make sure to read that, and also we recommend reading this Panbo blog post. as well as using that to promote it to your customers.
• The Cerbo GX manual is now available, download it here. Translations are coming also.
• Lastly, a great introduction video was made, launched last November during METS. if you haven't already seen it, do check it out, And, use it on your website and other communication to your customers.

Pay-As-You-Go Solar Charger – New Product Launch

With the DC-powered home or business in mind, this week sees the launch of the SHS 200 MPPT.
It’s a Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGo) enabled solar charger which provides power to DC appliances: Fridge; Television; Radio; Hair Clippers; and Mobile phone-charging for example. Here you can read how it works. 

You can view the SHS 200 MPPT at Global Off-Grid Solar Forum & Expo 2020 which takes place on February 18th – 20th, in Nairobi, Kenya.

VictronConnect v5.17 released

VictronConnect v5.17 has been released. It adds support for an updated model solar charger (250/60-Tr rev2) and it has various other smaller improvements. For details of those improvements, please read the changelog.

Reminder: webinar on 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 17^th (in German) or February 20^th  (in English) 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 document

• On the manual miniBMS, the pre-alarm output has been added to the text - as well as to the table, and is now titled: miniBMS with pre-alarm.

New and updated Declarations of Conformity

• New on our website is the Declaration of Conformity for the Smart BatteryProtect.
• The SmartSolar Pluggable Display has been added to the Declaration of Conformity – SmartSolar MPPT charge controllers.

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 11th – February 12th, Formation installateur – Basique et site isolé in Sainte-Tulle, France
• February 18^th, Victron training Baltics in Riga, Latvia
• February 18^th – February 19^th, Formation installateur – Basique et site isolé in Sainte-Tulle, France

Webinars

• February 17^th – Intelligente ländliche Elektrifizierung mit Froius und Victron Energy (German)
• February 20^th – Smart rural electrification with Fronius and Victron Energy (English)

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 7^th - February 16^th, Vene 20 Båt Helsinki International Boatshow in Helsinki, Finland
• February 18^th – February 20^th, GPEC Frankfurt 2020 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
• February 20^th – February 23^rd, Beach & Boat Leipzig 2020 in Leipzig, Germany

NICE TO KNOW

Power in the wilderness

The AAP Foundation has been rescuing exotic animals from illegal trafficking, abuse, laboratory testing and travelling shows for over forty years.
More recently their facility in the Alicante region of Spain – Primadomus – offers a permanent home to exotic animals which cannot be returned to the wild, or rehoused elsewhere. This facility has its own offices, quarantine and veterinary surgery, and is situated in an area which is remote from the electricity grid.
Fortunately, basking in Spanish sunshine most days, the choice of solar energy was a natural choice.

Vibez Radio: Off-grid, On-line

South Africa’s first off-grid radio station Vibez.Live plays hits for listeners around the globe.
Broadcaster and founder John Badenhorst says that starting a business in South Africa’s current economic climate is challenging, particularly so when that business depends on uninterrupted power. Local grid power is vulnerable to fluctuating demands and security issues, so for John the solution was to go off-grid.