This week we'll keep this introduction short.

While on that note, please do make sure both your technical- as well as commercial staff receives these newsletters. Your sales manager is the one to ask who within your company receives them as well as to make changes.

Out of all below news, most speaks for itself. The new ESS video by Jono is one to watch in case you are in the ESS business. It is another high-quality production by Jono, nice to watch at a moment where you can spare the time.

Yours sincerely,

Reinout and Matthijs Vader

VictronConnect v5.28, v5.29 and v5.30

These releases have an important update for the non-isolated Smart Orion chargers. Also it has various welcome new features, including a new settings that will keep the screen of the phone or tablet on while having the VictronConnect app open.

The included VE.Bus firmware versions have been updated to 475. Note that, meanwhile, version 476 has been released, adding Northern Ireland to the approved grid codes. Which will be included in the next VictronConnect version.

There are many more changes, see the change log for details.

New – Furuno Navigation and Victron compatibility

The Marine MFD GX integration now also works with Furuno displays. This is the result of a cooperation with the Furuno R&D team. Once connected the user can easily monitor and control his boat’s power generation, consumption and storage right on their Furuno displays at the helm.

Two related links: the new Furuno / Victron product page on our website as well as the introduction blog post.

Did You Know videos on FaceBook

Recently we began posting short Did You Know videos on Facebook. They briefly explain products and features; and provide user-tips.

In this new edition our sales manager Johannes Boonstra suggests way in which you can Extend your Battery life.

New and updated documents

• In both manuals of the BlueSolar and SmartSolar MPPT Charge Controller 150/35, the Remote on-off cable article number in paragraph 1.11 has been corrected.
• In the datasheet MultiPlus-II GX and that of the EasySolar-II GX, the VE.Can interface has been changed to a BMS-Can interface (section: GX device); and it has been changed, of course, also in both tables.
• In the manual (section 4.4.4) and in the service manual (section: 2.4.4) of the MultiPlus 3k 120V the terminal for the external switch has been corrected from connection terminal L to connection terminal H.

Certificates 

• The Declaration of Conformity - BlueSolar PWM-Light and DUO Charge Controllers has been updated; the BlueSolar PWM-Light 48V models are now also listed.
• And we added the BlueSolar PWM DUO-LCD&USB 12/24V-20A to the Declaration of Conformity - BlueSolar PWM-LCD&USB Charge Controllers.
• The RS485 to USB interface (ASS030572050) has been added to the Declaration of Conformity - Interfaces.
• The Cerbo GX and GX Touch 50 have been added to the Declaration of Conformity - Remote panels and accessories.

Victron training events

Sign up for one of our training events or webinars and learn more about our products.

• September 2^nd, Elettricità a bordo, marine e automotion in Milano, Italy
• September 8^th – September 9^th, Formation Installteur – Module 1 Basique et site isolé
• September 15^th – September 16^th, Formation technique initiale Toulouse in Toulouse, France

Make sure to always check our website.

Webinars

• August 20^th, VE Q&A Webinar III North America (English)
• August 21^st, Lithium Speicher im Fahrzeug (German)
• September 3^rd, VE Q&A Webinar IV North America (English)
• September 10^th, Automechanika 2020, Ersatz-Webnar (German)

For more training events and webinars, see Victron Professional.

Upcoming exhibitions

Check our exhibition schedule online if you are interested in visiting an exhibition in your area over the coming months. Please refer to our website or the event's website to check if the event's date has been changed or cancelled:

• September 3^rd – September 5^th, Solarex Istanbul in Istanbul, Turkey
• September 5^th – September 13^th, Caravan Salon Düsseldorf 2020 in Düsseldorf, Germany
• September 21^st – September 29^th, Interboot 2020 in Friedrichshafen, Germany

NICE TO KNOW

Who is Jonathan (Jono) Cecil?

This insight is part of the ‘Victron Energy people: Who is who?’ series of blogs.

You have already seen his name and the video's he makes a few times in our newsletter. In this blog post Jono tells more about himself and how he came to work at Victron Energy.
So let's meet Jono.

Video shows ESS installation

Sustainable new building in the UK
There’s a great new video by Jono on our YouTube channel which offers an in-depth look at the installation of an Energy Storage System (ESS) in a house currently under construction in Dorset, UK.

ESS systems are designed to maximise the consumption of home produced power – supplying loads in real-time, using surplus energy to recharge the batteries, and only reluctantly buying or selling power to the grid.

Read the blogpost and watch the video.

Rowing the Atlantic Ocean

..bringing attention to pollution in the Baltic Sea

This month two rowers from Finland hope to take delivery of their offshore-rowing boat and begin some serious training.
Rowing 24 hours a day in two-hour shifts, Markus Mustelin and Jolle Blässar hope to cross the Atlantic in forty or fifty days, covering 3000 miles, and raising €100,000 to protect the Baltic Sea in the process.

We will continue to follow these tough men for you and we will keep you posted about their achievements in a blog post.