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AI assistants can now find products and build your shopping list

Two new tools in the VoltPlan MCP server: an AI assistant connected to it can look up matching products in the VoltPlan component catalogue, closest rating first, and get a full shopping list for a system, with the components, the cables per cross-section, fuses, fuse holders, terminals and the tools to build it. Fuses and cables come from the same calculation as the wiring diagram. Where the small catalogue has no match, the list links to a search instead.

The privacy policy now explains our purchase links, and the affiliate notice names Renogy

A new section in all six languages describes what VoltPlan stores when you click a purchase link (no IP address, no cookies) and who is responsible after the redirect. Besides Amazon, VoltPlan is now also a partner in Renogy’s affiliate programme, and every affiliate notice says so. Buy buttons now read “Check price”, because a link can lead to Amazon or Renogy.

Find components by task, filter by specs and compare side by side

The component catalogue answers tasks like "start a 230 V fridge" or "two days off-grid" with matching parts and why each fits, filters by system voltage, power, capacity, chemistry and pure sine, and compares up to four parts in one table. Batteries, inverters, chargers, power stations and appliances each have a category page with a short buying guide.

Component pages calculate runtime, charge time and what an inverter can start

Each page now shows how long a battery or power station runs common loads, how long a charger needs to fill your bank, which appliances an inverter runs, the price per kWh, per 100 W or per amp compared with similar parts, and how many VoltPlan diagrams use the part. Calculator recommendations link to these pages, and My Diagrams asks you to rate the parts you use.

Component pages show the fuse and cable each part needs

Every inverter, charger and 12 V appliance in the component catalogue now lists its current at rated power, the fuse to use and the cable cross-section for 1, 2, 3 and 5 m runs, with a link into the wire gauge calculator. Each page also suggests alternatives of the same type, closest rating first, and the catalogue cards show the key ratings at a glance. Batteries are listed by capacity in Ah and Wh instead of a power figure.

Subscribe to the newsletter at the end of every blog post

Every guide now ends with a short sign-up box for the VoltPlan newsletter, in all six languages. You confirm your address by email first and can unsubscribe at any time.

Your diagrams and share links are better protected

Only you can create or change the share link and preview image of your own diagrams, shared diagrams can no longer be listed by others, and icons in generated diagrams are only loaded from public addresses. All libraries are up to date.

The diagram editor works properly on phones

The actions fit in one swipeable row with the shopping list up front, the status bar no longer squashes, the assistant waits as a slim bar at the bottom and opens on tap, the page no longer scrolls sideways, and you can zoom into the wiring diagrams. Tapping a field no longer zooms the page on iPhones.

Calculator results now take you straight into a wiring diagram

Under the wire gauge, fuse and Ah/Wh results you can open the editor with your load or battery already placed, see the matching shopping list, or continue in the related calculator with your values filled in. Batteries, inverters and solar panels picked in a calculator now also land in the editor.

On phones, the safety disclaimer and other dialogs fit on screen again, so you can accept them

Component pages: real specs, the safety notes that matter, and reviews

Every component we have checked over now has its own page: the specs the manufacturer actually publishes, the wiring hazards specific to that part — what to fuse it with, which cable to connect first, what cold weather does to the voltage limit — the datasheets to download, and the parts it works with. Signed in, you can rate it and write up how it held up in your build. The whole catalogue is searchable.

A page for every battery size: 100Ah in Wh, 1000Wh in Ah

Look up your exact capacity instead of typing it: 13 amp-hour sizes and 13 watt-hour sizes, each with the conversion at 12V, 24V and 48V, how much of it you can really use on LiFePO4 against AGM, how long it runs a fridge or a diesel heater, and how many standard modules add up to it. Also the answer to the question every datasheet raises: why a 100Ah battery is labelled 1,280Wh and not 1,200Wh. In all six languages.

Will your inverter actually start that appliance?

A fridge or air conditioner pulls several times its rated power for the second it starts. We now say so before you buy — and flag a modified sine inverter that cannot run your electronics.

Plan your 230 V appliances too

Kettle, induction hob, coffee machine — add mains appliances alongside your 12 V gear. They show up in the wiring diagram on their own tier below the inverter and get their own step in the build guide, and the runtime accounts for what the inverter loses converting as well as the power it burns just being switched on.

Build your battery bank in one go

Pick a chemistry, type amp-hours or watt-hours — whichever you have on the datasheet — and say how many. Any capacity works, not just the ones we list, and you see straight away what the bank gives you: usable energy, weight, cycle life and how long it runs your loads.

Battery list cleaned up, prices corrected

The same battery no longer appears four times at four different prices, and the prices are realistic again — one row was listed at five times what the battery costs.

Every article says where AI helped

Blog posts now carry a short note about how they were written and checked, so you can judge the source for yourself.

Faster sign-in, now with Apple

Signing in asks for your email first and then only for what it still needs. Apple accounts work too.

You're signed in right after signing up

No more waiting for a confirmation mail before you can start planning. Verification runs in the background.

Step-by-step build instructions

Your diagram turns into an ordered build guide, with the part for each step highlighted in the drawing as you work through it.

Split your system into separate circuits

Plan several circuits in one diagram, link them where one feeds the other, and export a wiring plan per circuit.

Add your own charger, specs filled in for you

Type the model name and the assistant looks up voltage and power, instead of you reading it off a datasheet.

No charger prompt for alternator plus lead-acid

If your alternator charges a lead-acid bank directly, VoltPlan no longer asks you to add a charger you don't need.

Describe an appliance, we fill in the numbers

For devices that aren't in the library, write what it is and the assistant proposes power draw and voltage.

Cable calculator app on Android

The cable sizing app is available as a beta in the Google Play Store, alongside the iOS version.

Calculators in your language

All ten calculators now exist in German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch, each at its own address.

Sign in with Google

Use your Google account instead of setting up another password.

Prossimi passi

Volutamente senza date — questo è l’ordine di massima del nostro lavoro. Ciò che è pronto passa nell’elenco qui sopra.

In valutazione

All-in-one units like the Victron MultiPlus

One box that is both charger and inverter currently has to be entered as one or the other.

In valutazione

Portable power stations

Units like the BLUETTI Elite 300 hold a battery, chargers and an inverter in one case.