Operation
Operating Modes
Waiting for Surplus
eddi
is waiting for surplus power from the microgeneration system.
The house in the centre is straight faced as grid electricity is being used
by the house (
0.8kW
is this example).
We can see that
eddi
hasn't started heating with surplus power yet today
as there is no accumulated energy; the
0.00kWh
under the water
cylinder symbol.
Heating
eddi
is now diverting power to the heater.
The heater currently being heated is shown by the icon on the right and
the small number (1 in this case) corresponds to the heater number.
The amount of power being diverted at any one moment is shown
between the
eddi
icon and the heater icon (in this screenshot the
diverted power is
1.6kW
).
All of the surplus energy which has been set to the heater today is
displayed under the heater icon (
1.30kWh
) in this example.
Now the house is smiling because there is no grid electricity being used.
Max Temp Reached
The heater is now at maximum temperature.
Now there are no arrows or power figures for the heater and a
thermometer symbol is shown.
As
eddi
is no longer able to divert the surplus power to the heater and so
this is now exported to the grid (
0.8kW
in this example).
If there is a second heater present (connected to Heater 2),
eddi
will
switch over to start heating Heater 2.
Boosting
Boosting means
eddi
is giving maximum power to the heater,
irrespective of available surplus power.
The arrows going to the heater are large and the power figure (
3.0kW
in
the example screen) is the heaters' maximum power level.
During a boost , it is likely that there will be power imported from the
grid (
2.8kW
here).
The timer starts at (
1h00m
) and will count down until the boost ends. The
boost duration may be altered with the
or
buttons.
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eddi
operation and installation manual
