Mounting a Victron Phoenix Smart Charger

DanLXIX

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I'm going to be fitting a Victron Phoenix Smart charger soon, and the instructions say it can't be mounted on combustible material - I understand why they say this, because the heatsink is the fixing point. The trouble is I only have an internal plywood bulkhead to mount on, so I was wondering what other people had done in this situation? Is it really a risk?
 

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I'm going to be fitting a Victron Phoenix Smart charger soon, and the instructions say it can't be mounted on combustible material - I understand why they say this, because the heatsink is the fixing point. The trouble is I only have an internal plywood bulkhead to mount on, so I was wondering what other people had done in this situation? Is it really a risk?
I doubt it, but to show good intent why not screw a small piece of cement board on to the bulkhead and then fix it to that?
 

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I'm going to be fitting a Victron Phoenix Smart charger soon, and the instructions say it can't be mounted on combustible material - I understand why they say this, because the heatsink is the fixing point. The trouble is I only have an internal plywood bulkhead to mount on, so I was wondering what other people had done in this situation? Is it really a risk?
It will be absolutely fine.
 

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Mine is screwed to some wood inside a (ventilated) locker. I read what I thought were the important bits of the manual 😆
No problems at all, other than wishing I’d bought the 50A version instead of the 30A!
 
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