Anyone else had grief with a Victron MultiPlus 24/2000 tripping on overload with an induction hob?

So I've finally got my off-grid setup at the point where I'm actually cooking on it, but I'm running into a frustrating issue. I've got a Victron MultiPlus 24/2000 (the 24V, 2000VA unit) paired with 200Ah of lithium, and whenever I crank my induction hob (a cheap Duxtop single ring, rated at 1800W) past about the halfway power setting, the inverter trips on overload within a minute or two. The Victron is rated for a 4000W surge so I assumed it would handle the hob's startup spike, and it does — it's the sustained draw that seems to be the problem.

I've been through the settings in VEConfigure and I know the MultiPlus has a PowerControl / PowerAssist feature, but I haven't wired in shore power here (it's a static off-grid shed setup), so PowerAssist isn't really doing anything useful for me. I'm wondering if the inverter is just being conservative with its thermal limits, especially as the ambient temperature in the shed has been fairly warm lately — we've had a decent stretch of weather for once.

Has anyone managed to get a 1800W induction hob running reliably on a 2000VA MultiPlus, or is this basically asking too much of it? I'm trying to work out whether it's a settings issue, a temperature derating issue, or whether I just need to accept that a single-ring hob needs to be kept below 1500W on this unit. Any experience welcome.

@SimonGrant the 2000VA unit is only rated for around 1600-1700W continuous — most induction hobs will spike well above that on startup even at "medium" settings. The MultiPlus does have a 2x overload tolerance for short periods but induction draws aren't always that brief.

Worth checking your ESS or PowerControl settings in VictronConnect — there's an input current limit that can throttle things unexpectedly even in pure inverter mode.

My cabin setup runs a 24/3000 and I still had grief until I configured the AC output current limit correctly and ensured my BMS wasn't throttling discharge current simultaneously. Two separate chokepoints causing identical symptoms.

Practical fix: grab a cheap power meter (Energenie or similar) and log exactly what the hob pulls on each power level. You might find settings 1-4 stay within tolerance and that's sufficient for most cooking.

@SimonGrant had exactly this with my shepherd's hut build — induction hobs are notorious for that initial power spike when they first strike. Even a "1200W" setting can pull 1800W+ for a fraction of a second on startup.

Have you tried the PowerAssist feature in the MultiPlus settings? It won't help if you're fully off-grid with no shore power, but worth knowing about.

More practically — what induction hob are you running? Some are far better behaved than others. The cheap ones tend to be the worst offenders. I switched to a Duxtop unit and found the startup surge noticeably less aggressive than the budget Amazon ones.

Also worth checking your VE.Configure settings — is your overload trip delay set to the minimum? You might be able to give it slightly more tolerance before it shuts down.

Been through this exact headache in my van build. The MultiPlus 24/2000 is a cracking inverter but it's genuinely undersized for induction cooking — even a "1200W" hob will hammer it during thermal regulation cycles, not just at startup.

What actually solved it for me was switching to a lower-wattage induction hob and running it at 60-70% power. The Duxtop portable units have a granular power setting that plays much nicer with inverters at this capacity.

Alternatively, if you're wedded to induction, the MultiPlus 24/3000 is the realistic minimum — @WezWhite72 and @MuddyRanger are right about the spike issue, but it's the sustained draw during a long cook that really does the damage to your overload protection.

Also worth checking your Victron Connect settings — the overload trip threshold can sometimes be tweaked depending on firmware version.

@SimonGrant worth checking whether your induction hob has a power level selector — most modern ones let you dial right down. I run mine on the 1200W setting and haven't had a single trip since. Also double-check your battery cable sizing and connections; if there's any resistance there, voltage will sag under load and the MultiPlus can trip on low voltage rather than true overload. Sometimes people blame the inverter when it's actually the battery side struggling. What's your battery bank capacity and cable run length? If you're on a tight budget and can't upgrade the inverter immediately, a decent gas hob as backup isn't the end of the world — I use induction for most things but keep a two-ring gas setup for anything that wants full heat quickly.