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I am a newbie with the Ollie but have done tons of modifications already. I am changing the Xantrex to a Victron 3000 Multiplus II

Anyone know how to get from uppper cabinets to underneath by the inverter?

I have tried following the path for the Xantrex display, but the cable will not budge. RJ telephone plug. 

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Hi and welcome, you need to tell us at least your model and hull number. I tried unsuccessfully to drag wire through that area. I think the cables must be secured with gaffers tape in the cavity between the hulls. An electrician’s steel fish tape might do it, but it could also screw up the delicate insulation.

Can you tell us what your plan is, are you going to add (much needed) fresh air ventilation to the compartment?

I really wanted to have the display for my Smart Shunt up there, I settled for down below the pantry shelf. It really doesn’t matter because I use the app 98% of the time.

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53 minutes ago, Ty J said:

changing the Xantrex to a Victron 3000 Multiplus II

Good choice!  I too would like access through that area if you can find it.

Charlie.

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Thanks John , I have a Elite II year 2021. I have taken out the xantrex controller and in the process of installing a victron LCD display , 

I have installed 4 x battleborn batteries, victron shunt, Victron Multiplus II 3000 and removed existing xantrex 2000 freedom, 6volt gel cells. 

The food cabinets has a access panel on upper right and cannot get from that cabinet to lower cabinet/battery box. 

The victron has a hdmi cable end that will go to the cerbo gx / "Brains of Victrons components , has wireless bluetooth and monitors whole system.

i could go down the inside of the pantry cabinet and drill through but not sure what I may run into? 

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!

Ill grab some pictures when I can.

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24 minutes ago, Ty J said:

The victron has a hdmi cable end that will go to the cerbo gx / "Brains of Victrons components , has wireless bluetooth and monitors whole system.

i could go down the inside of the pantry cabinet and drill through but not sure what I may run into? 

Not a problem, the pantry “floats” over the battery box with maybe three inches of space between the two parts. You can drill down at the rear inside corner (closest to you) and the bit will pop out at a location that lets a cable drop down right at the inverter area. Obviously you should think about protecting/ disguising the cable with a stick on “cord cover”. If you run it down the inside of the pantry nobody but you will ever see it.

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Good luck, please start a thread about your mods.

John Davies

Spokane WA

 

 

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I’ll be watching with great interest. My EII is just weeks old with the Victron charge controller and shunt/712 display. I understood there was’t room for the Multiplus II 3000, which is why the continued using the Xantrex. 

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2 hours ago, Ty J said:

Anyone know how to get from upper cabinets to underneath by the inverter?

I recall that there is a path that the A/C condensate uses.  

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3 hours ago, Ty J said:

…Anyone know how to get from uppper cabinets to underneath by the inverter?…

The wire chase from the attic to the basement is in the aft port corner. I used a fiberglass rod to work from bottom to top. Once placed I pulled a piece of bulk weed eater cord down to the basement. I left enough cord rolled up at each end to pull from either direction. When finished, leave this pull line in place for future use. 
 

Additionally, using this technique, I have successfully placed pull lines from the inside of the closet through the ceiling to the inside of the cabinet over the microwave and side to side behind the pantry. 

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10 hours ago, John E Davies said:

I tried unsuccessfully to drag wire through that area. I think the cables must be secured with gaffers tape in the cavity between the hulls. An electrician’s steel fish tape might do it, but it could also screw up the delicate insulation.

 

A good way to fish a wire between the hulls without damaging the insulation is to use a "ball chain". It usually finds it's way down on the first attempt just by jiggling up and down while letting weight of the chain do the work.  I use one like this but without the large ring attached which I found has a way of getting snagged on things in tight areas. Ball Chain

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10 hours ago, Ty J said:

The victron has a hdmi cable end that will go to the cerbo gx / "Brains of Victrons components , has wireless bluetooth and monitors whole system.

Where do you intend to locate the Cerbo GX?  Are going to use a GX Touch 50 or 70 display and if so, where are you going to place it?  I am using a 15’ HDMI to get from the display down to the Cerbo GX through the rear port corner as ScubaRX mentioned above.

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8 hours ago, CRM said:

A good way to fish a wire between the hulls without damaging the insulation is to use a "ball chain". It usually finds it's way down on the first attempt just by jiggling up and down while letting weight of the chain do the work.  I use one like this but without the large ring attached which I found has a way of getting snagged on things in tight areas. Ball Chain

I've successfully used this method from the attic down between studs on the interior of our house. I believe the wire chase in the rear of the Oliver is too tight with wires for this to work.

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6 minutes ago, ScubaRx said:

I've successfully used this method from the attic down between studs on the interior of our house. I believe the wire chase in the rear of the Oliver is too tight with wires for this to work.

Maybe I got lucky, but it worked for me the first try while installing new coax and an HDMI cable for an outside TV. I also only have the lizard skin insulation and not the Reflectix type which might have given me some extra space to work with?

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9 minutes ago, CRM said:

Maybe I got lucky, but it worked for me the first try while installing new coax and an HDMI cable for an outside TV. I also only have the lizard skin insulation and not the Reflectix type which might have given me some extra space to work with?

Quite possibly.

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