Solar Panel Immersion Heater Controller

Solarimmersion intelligent solar pv energy storage or solar immersion controller switch diverts surplus solar pv power to heat water for free.

Solar panel immersion heater controller.

Most immersion heaters use a 3kw element but here s the clever bit the immersion controller can adjust its output so only the would be export is put into the immersion heater. When the in house usage decreases even if only by a few watts solarimmersion will automatically increase the power to the immersion heater to use all the available surplus rather than the excess going back to the grid. The new mark iii version of intelligent solar pv heating switch heating controller with proportional controller is available now. If your home has hot water storage with an immersion heater then solar iboost can be installed and start saving you more money on heating bills in less than 1 hour.

Use the connection gland suitable for the cable diameter 6 12 mm or 4 8mm. Connect the device through a 2 pole magneto thermal switch breaker in the ac distribution panel. The controller can heat the top of the cylinder first and once hot switch to the bottom immersion. This proportional control technology makes the solarimmersion a highly efficient solar energy manager.

Some solar immersion controllers can control multiple loads. Use a 3 core cable with a minimum wire cross section of 2 5 mm2. The solic200 solar immersion heater controller automatically converts energy generated by existing pv panels into hot water by diverting excess solar power to the immersion heater before it s exported to the national grid. Simple to use and maintenance free the solic 200 is self contained and will save you hundreds.

This is very useful for hot water cylinders with a upper and lower immersion element. Make sure that power is disconnected from the main distribution panel. Immersion heater controllers any surplus is automatically diverted into the immersion heater. The proportional controller diverter ensures that the immersion heater does not draw more power than the excess power available form the pv panels.

It does this by modulating the voltage sent to the immersion heater with a roughly rectangular pulsing waveform where the width of the rectangular pulses is variable.