Anyone else using a Victron Multiplus to charge an EV off-grid? What's your actual experience?

by Dodgy Drifter · 1 month ago 50 views 0 replies
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Finally pulled the trigger on a Multiplus-II 48/3000 after months of umming and ahhing. Running it off a 15kWh Fogstar DIY LiFePO4 bank with about 1.8kW of solar on the roof. Mainly interested in whether I can trickle charge my Nissan Leaf overnight when the batteries are topped up.

The maths should work — Leaf's onboard charger draws around 3.3kW max on a Type 2, so I'm planning to throttle it right down via the EVSE to something like 6A (1.4kW) and just let it creep up overnight. Victron's PowerControl should keep things sensible. Has anyone actually done this or am I going to find out the hard way?

Biggest worry is the inverter cycling on/off with the Leaf's handshake nonsense. Heard some EVSEs play nicer than others with modified sine wave but the Multiplus is pure sine so hopefully not an issue. Any OpenEVSE or Hypervolt users with off-grid setups — keen to know what you're running.

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