☀️ Turn your solar surplus into hot water gold—never waste a ray!
The Solar iBoost+ New Version is a cutting-edge solar PV diverter that intelligently redirects surplus solar energy to heat your water, reducing reliance on grid electricity. Featuring wireless connectivity, a multilingual intuitive display, real-time monitoring, and compatibility with battery storage, it ensures maximum energy efficiency and user convenience all year round.
| Manufacturer reference | CA-20/15 |
| Product Name | Solar PV Diverter |
| Units | 1.0 count |
| Storage Instructions | Store In Room Temperature |
| Brand | Solar iBoost+ |
| Manufacturer | Marlec |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
I**.
Working well
Finally managed to get an electrician to install (the current model seems to be more straightforward). Now enjoying 'free' hot water whenever our PV panels are generating more than we're using.Update (over 12mths on): still working well. Stats show over 1,400kWh 'saved' (ie diverted) to hot water over the last year! Probably paid for itself already...and some!
J**N
Hot water from excess solar - What's not to like?
Installed easily by an electrician. Works well with a solar battery installation, the battery charges first then the iBoost heats the hot water.
D**L
Installed and working
Installed and working. Also bought the Buddy display with it and glad I did because the built in display is severely lacking in detail. Unlike the immersun display which is built in and better but that unit exploded after 6 years hence replacing.
M**N
Preferred the older version
Not as easy to set to economy seven (night meter)
M**O
Savings depend on your cylinder
I’ve had an iBoost installed together with solar PVs for about eight months now. On a sunny day, I find it saving me about 1 kW of energy into the immersion heater, however I’m still spending about 6kw on gas heating water. This is because my hot water cylinder only has one immersion heater which is located at the top of the cylinder. As hot water rises, the iBoost is therefore only able to heat a small proportion of the water that I actually use so savings are limited. To be really effective, the iBoost needs a cylinder with two immersion heaters, one located at the top and one located at the bottom. Other than that, the unit works well, if a bit noisy when the fans are running.
K**S
Could be smarter
Firstly, the Solic 200 (also by Marlec) appears to be a lot cheaper.Secondly all their systems require a wired or separately powered wireless connection to a proprietary clamp on the main (grid) supply to measure export current. This can be inconvenient or unsightly to provide in many situations. However, this data is readily available wirelessly from a smart meter. I queried why they hadn’t thought of providing a pairing facility to a smart meter as a simple option but their responder clearly didn’t understand the point of the question. I think it can only be a matter of time until someone (Google/Nest ?) comes up with a smarter solution. So this item is not for me at present.
M**H
Value for money
Easy to install
D**K
Installed and saving pounds already.
Easy fitting instructions to follow and with prices getting even higher now, well worth the effort to fit one of these.
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