Sailing Today test: Victron MultiPlus comes out top

The April issue of the renowned Sailing Today magazine includes an extensive comparison of inverter/chargers, and we came out  TOP. Here is what they had to say:

“A heavy piece of kit built to withstand anything. Dutch manufacturer,
Victron, is well known in the marine market for its steadfastly-built
electrical kit and the MultiPlus combi is no exception. This baby needs
serious bolting to a bulkhead and at 19kg all-in you don’t want to drop it
on your foot!

This combi has all the features you could possibly want from an
inverter-charger, including the ability to link two more in parallel for
increased power output. Connections are solid and cable distribution
excellent. The front panel has all possible alarm indicators as well as
others showing mode and status. A remote control panel is simply plugged
into the V-net bus socket, which not only repeats the alarms and on/off
controls, but also has a variable incoming AC adjuster knob for setting
the maximum AC input power available.

The reason we chose the 3000 is that it actually has a peak rating of
around 2.6kW, whereas the 2000 model comes out at around 1.6kW max. We ran
a 3kW load, which gave an overload alarm, but continued running for 30
minutes before switching off.

We also connected up the remote 4½in colour monitor (￡65), which allows
you to set nearly all the parameters remotely, plus it has a neat graphic
display showing exactly what is going where and why.

If you want all the gizmos and money is no object, this is the one for you!”

Credits

Many thanks to Sailing Today for giving us permission to use the above extracts. For the full article see their April 2014 issue and –  Do give them a like on Facebook to show your appreciation.

Matthijs Vader