Jaaks

Don't get me wrong, I am just not technical enough it seems. I see there are a few of these "Strawberry" options available, even some of them from the semi official Victron people. I was very very fortunate to get a Cerbo GX at a really good price and am thus this on my system with a special firmware allowing me to run Node Red as well. It runs smooth like a well oiled machine!

I am thinking that my 5kva Mecer/Axpert is on its last legs. It has lasted a good 3 years this month, but I am now getting a burning smell every time the wife runs the kettle. I opened up the inverter and can't see any melting/damaged components. Even cleaned all the highveld dust out. I recently purchased a Smart Victron 150/45 MPPT external controller for my extra panels and am so damned impressed, that I am now thinking of going all Blue. Besides, I want a device that I can set and forget for the next few years.
My choice is now between a very well priced 2 year old Multi 3kVA and a brand new Multi 5kVa. (This damn rabbit hole)
Oh yes.....I am planning to run the new Victron on a Venus Strawberry PI that @plonksterdeveloped.

I had the Voltronic standard 5kVA it worked. 
I now have the Victron Multi 2 5000 it is bloody amazing. Like day and night, the out of box functionality and impressive support are definitely a winner. 
No strawberry wot wot and extra software fiddly stuff, Victron just works! 

Skuimpies = Meringue 
I have Multi 2 and am very fortunate to get no trips. 
Only issues iare AC reconnect after switching off the inverter. Incorrect SOC even though I have a BMV (it slowly drops over a few days till I resync) and once in a while overvoltage alarm on my home built lithium battery pack (only for a second or so so no worries there) 

Thanks for the inverter @Tariqmy friend @dalevdmerweis really happy with his purchase! 

Thanks for the inverter @Tariqmy friend @dalevdmerweis really happy with his purchase! 

Ouch. That's shorting the battery to the internal capacitors. It would be better if you used three hands (!) and switched the three battery modules on at once. Then the internal MOSFETs could current limit, providing a rough kind of pre-charge service. But hopefully they battery modules won't have to be connected again for a long time.
Of course, I'm assuming that the battery modules have the usual MOSFETs for switching and current limiting. Any battery that has Kelvin·Watts per hour written on the front (KW/h) is not instilling confidence in me.

Agreed about their design shortcomings!
With battery backup for equipment for world markets they must design for a power outage of 5min maximum. It's only here in Africa that the power goes off for hours. And even the locally designed (but maybe not made) gate and door operators haven't done any better. However they did move off 220V motors so they could provide some backup capacity. (But those silly SLA batteries in the Centurion door operators are a joke!)