{"id":17711,"date":"2019-09-03T08:59:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-03T06:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=17711"},"modified":"2024-09-16T17:04:08","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T15:04:08","slug":"wiring-unlimited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/03\/wiring-unlimited\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiring Unlimited"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wiring Unlimited is now available! Download it for free here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/upload\/documents\/Wiring-Unlimited-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Wiring-Unlimited-EN.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>What is Wiring Unlimited?<\/h3>\n<p>A Victron Energy book by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/08\/victron-energy-people-who-is-margreet-leeftink\/\" target=\"_blank\">Margreet Leeftink<\/a>, Information Developer for Victron Energy B.V.<\/p>\n<p>Wiring Unlimited is all about electrical wiring of systems containing batteries, inverters, chargers and inverter\/chargers &#8211; and going by the testaments on the Victron Community, an invaluable resource.<\/p>\n<p>Wiring Unlimited&#8217;s primary purpose is to aid in the understanding of the basic principles behind certain electrical concepts and how they apply to Victron Energy products and the installation of such products.<\/p>\n<h3>Victron Community reaction to Wiring Unlimited<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s some Victron Community comments to give you a taste of the reaction to Margreet&#8217;s book. Topics covered in the book are below these comments.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael R \u00b7 Very good all round intro and guidance. Well done.<\/li>\n<li>Glenn M &#8211; Thank you for this excellent resource. An essential reference for anyone planning a renewable energy system.<\/li>\n<li>Stephen O &#8211; I had been searching around for something like this book for quite some time. Finally found it. Thank you&#8230;.game-changer!<\/li>\n<li>Alan -Excellent work on this, with the section on earthing, off grid, grid connected etc.<\/li>\n<li>Pat D &#8211; Just got around to reading the book, it&#8217;s great. Not sure what Victron is paying you, but it&#8217;s not enough. \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<li>dazey77 &#8211; Nice book. I am not really the target audience being electronic trained but its nicely done.<\/li>\n<li>JohnC &#8211; Stunning stuff, thank you Margreet. And of all the things that caught my fancy, the treatment of the Victron logo on the opening page is a masterstroke of art.<\/li>\n<li>A_V &#8211; Great work, Margaret! Thank you, especially for the numbers and examples! Good to have everything in one doc. Lots of useful information and also tricks that I have not read elsewhere.<\/li>\n<li>Markus &#8211; This is super helpful.Thank you very much!<\/li>\n<li>paulo3233 &#8211; Very good book. Full of information! Thank you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Topics covered<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ohm\u2019s Law<\/li>\n<li>Power<\/li>\n<li>Conductivity and resistance<\/li>\n<li>Current, cable resistance and voltage drop<\/li>\n<li>Negative effects of cable voltage drop<\/li>\n<li>Ripple<\/li>\n<li>Battery bank wiring<\/li>\n<li>Battery bank<\/li>\n<li>Large battery banks<\/li>\n<li>Parallel battery bank wiring<\/li>\n<li>Battery bank balancing<\/li>\n<li>Battery bank midpoint<\/li>\n<li>DC wiring<\/li>\n<li>Select the right cable<\/li>\n<li>Busbars<\/li>\n<li>Cable connections<\/li>\n<li>Fuses and circuit breakers<\/li>\n<li>DC isolation switches<\/li>\n<li>Shunt<\/li>\n<li>Parallel and\/or 3 phase system DC wiring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_17739\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example2_111255831.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17739\" class=\"wp-image-17739 size-blogpost-single\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example2_111255831-750x735.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example2_111255831-750x735.png 750w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example2_111255831-768x753.png 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example2_111255831-300x294.png 300w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example2_111255831.png 948w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example Schematic \u2013 Parallel and\/or 3 phase system DC wiring (Parallel &#8211; Measuring DC imbalance)<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Large system busbars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_17736\" style=\"width: 760px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example1_111170962.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17736\" class=\"wp-image-17736 size-blogpost-single\" src=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example1_111170962-750x452.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example1_111170962-750x452.png 750w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example1_111170962.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example1_111170962-1024x616.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example1_111170962-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/Example1_111170962-300x181.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-17736\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Example Schematic &#8211; Large system busbars<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Voltage sensing and compensation<\/li>\n<li>Solar panels<\/li>\n<li>Communication wiring<\/li>\n<li>Data signals<\/li>\n<li>Interference<\/li>\n<li>Communication cables and connector types<\/li>\n<li>Interfaces<\/li>\n<li>AC wiring<\/li>\n<li>Power generation<\/li>\n<li>Distribution networks<\/li>\n<li>System current VA and Watt<\/li>\n<li>AC wiring<\/li>\n<li>Fuses and circuit breakers<\/li>\n<li>AC bypass switch<\/li>\n<li>Special considerations for AC wiring of parallel and\/or 3 phase inverter\/chargers<\/li>\n<li>Ground, earth and electrical safety<\/li>\n<li>Electrical safety<\/li>\n<li>Earth wiring<\/li>\n<li>RCD<\/li>\n<li>Neutral to earth link in inverters and in inverter\/chargers<\/li>\n<li>Mobile installations<\/li>\n<li>Isolation and grounding of Victron Equipment<\/li>\n<li>System grounding<\/li>\n<li>Galvanic corrosion<\/li>\n<li>Preventing galvanic corrosion<\/li>\n<li>The galvanic isolator<\/li>\n<li>The isolation transformer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my own reaction to Wiring Unlimited &#8211; It\u2019s the kind of booklet us old steam engineers could have done with years ago. Although I did know the basics from Royal Navy college days, it\u2019s great to have such a comprehensive Victron flavoured document. Amazing work by Margreet.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to add your own comments\/compliments in Disqus below. For technical queries please post on the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.victronenergy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Victron Community<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Download Wiring Unlimited: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/upload\/documents\/Wiring-Unlimited-EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Wiring-Unlimited-EN.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other technical information downloads such as Recommended Battery Cables and much more are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/support-and-downloads\/technical-information\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/john.rushworth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">John Rushworth<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wiring Unlimited is now available! Download it for free here: Wiring-Unlimited-EN.pdf What is Wiring Unlimited? A Victron Energy book by Margreet Leeftink, Information Developer for Victron Energy B.V. 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