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Are you feeling uninspired by factory-produced recreational vehicles? Take a look at this. Two years of craftsmanship has resulted in a truly unique RV. The vehicle – a thirty-year old Mercedes 508D – had just 20,000 kilometres on the clock when the owner bought it for six-thousand euros (that’s a bit over six-thousand US dollars). The post Master craftsmen’s two-year Mercedes conversion appeared first on Victron Energy.

Is it possible to improve a classic Petterson ‘Gentleman’s Launch’ built in Sweden in 1938? It seems it is. As part of the restoration of one example of these craft, new owner Zsolt Szabó  has fitted her with a state of the art electric motor and a lithium battery bank which allows her to glide The post Silent cruising appeared first on Victron Energy.

The ongoing attacks on utilities in Ukraine result in chaos and difficulties most of us can only imagine. The Ukrainian people continue to show their strength – repairing the damage and re-building systems with more resilience. Let’s hear about just one of those endeavours. The  Head of Distribution for solar energy specialist MBI Development is The post Energy security for schools in Ukraine appeared first on Victron Energy.

Today we’re releasing version 3.30 of Venus OS, the software on our GX monitoring product range such as the Cerbo GX, and the recently launched Ekrano GX. Let’s get into the highlights: ESS Peak shaving A while ago, we added peak shaving for ESS systems built without an Energy Meter. Today we add the same, The post Venus OS v3.30 – Peak shaving for ESS appeared first on Victron Energy.

VictronConnect now allows you to secure critical system-settings with a tamper seal. ‘Settings lock’ offers installers the chance to lock critical settings to prevent accidental or unhelpful changes being made to a system’s operating parameters. It will enhance system stability and is invaluable to engineers who manage hundreds of installations! All other controls – such The post New for VictronConnect: Settings Lock appeared first on Victron Energy.

Many CONGRATULATIONS to our sponsored sailors of the 49erFX Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz who have taken back their World Champion title today (Sunday 10th March) in the ‘World’ sailing series in Lanzarote, Spain. After a fierce battle which could have gone either way right up until the 16th and final heat of the The post Dutch sailors Crowned – World Champions 2024! appeared first on Victron Energy.

The 2024 sailing season has begun at Marina Rubicòn, Lanzarote, Spain and the search is on for this year’s World Champions! Our sponsored Dutch sailors Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz who sail the mad-fast Olympic skiff known as the 49erFX have held that title twice – but last year narrowly conceded it to the The post 49erFX – Sailors back with a splash! appeared first on Victron Energy.

After a one-kilowatt Hydro Turbine was destroyed by a hurricane in 2015 the residents of Imaki Village, Tanna Island, Vanuatu spent the next eight years generating a few hours of electricity a day from an old petrol generator – on hire. That limited power was provided to a hospital and a school. Donations of two The post Pacific Island goes green appeared first on Victron Energy.

In this blog Dirk-Jan Faber shows us some of the new tools which have been made available in the latest version changes to Node RED, and where to find the latest files. Between releases 3.14 to 3.20 quite a lot has changed on the Node-RED nodes, but not all of the changes are immediately obvious The post Node-RED – update for Victron users appeared first on Victron Energy.

We’ve just released a new version of Venus OS, the software on our GX monitoring product range such as the Cerbo GX, and the recently launched Ekrano GX. Let’s get into the highlights of the v3.20 release: Completely renewed Marine MFD App We have completely revamped the Victron App that works on all popular chart The post Venus OS v3.20 – Orion XS, new Marine MFD app and more appeared first on Victron Energy.