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Victron Pre-Charge Cable: Why Your Battery Switch Arcs — and the Simple Fix

Empty capacitors inside your inverter or MPPT look like a dead short the instant you close the main DC switch. Wes explains the arcing that causes, the resistor that prevents it, and the two-minute...

The 10 Victron Troubleshooting Questions We Hear the Most (and the Quick Fixes)

Before you decide it's broken: the ten Victron issues we field most at Blue Marine — stalled firmware updates, a wrong state of charge, VE.Bus error codes, tripped shore power, a silent DC-DC charg...

Common Victron Questions, Answered from the Shop Floor

The Victron troubleshooting questions we hear every week — MultiPlus-II, SmartSolar MPPT, and SmartShunt — answered the way we'd answer them if you called the shop.