Operation
Boost Timer
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can be programmed to 'boost' the heating for each heater at certain times. Boost, means that the heater will be at full
power regardless of the amount of available export power. This means that power may be drawn from the mains grid
supply during boost times.
There are four editable time slots for each heater.
Setting the duration to
0h00
will make the boost inactive.
Programming Boost Times
1.
From the main screen, press
to enter
Main Menu
2.
Select
Boost Timer
by pressing
until the option is
highlighted, then press
3.
Select the heater you wish to program the boost times for (e.g.
Heater 1
) and press
4.
The
BOOST TIMER
screen is then shown.
5.
The boost can now be edited: Use
or
buttons to
highlight the time slot you wish to change. The screen below
shows the start hour being edited:
6.
Alter the start hour with the
or
buttons and then press
to move to minutes.
7.
Edit the duration in the same way and then press
again to edit the days of the week you want the boost to be
active for; each day of the week and by toggled on/off with
or
buttons, press
to go to the next day.
Pressing
on the last day (Sunday) will confirm the boost time slot and whole line will be highlighted again.
8.
Press
to exit the
BOOST TIMER
screen.
Economy Tariff Boosting
Boosting only when economy rate electricity is available can be achieved in one of three ways:
1. By setting the boost timer to coincide with the economy tariff times. This option should be used only if the
electricity meter is a dual-rate meter (modern meters usually are).
2. Boost only at set times if economy rate electric is available.
3. Automatically boost whenever the economy tariff rate electricity is available, regardless of boost times.
Options 2 and 3 are available only when using the eSense input on the
Relay & Sensor Board.
For option 1, the
eSense Input
in the
Relay & Sensors
menu
option should be set to the appropriate
Boost Enable
setting.
With the
Boost Enable
function set, the
BOOST TIMER
screen will
include an extra column (see screenshot). The
e
can be toggled on/off, if
e
is present, the boost will activate only when the boost times are valid
and the economy rate tariff is available.
Alternatively the eSense input can be used to active the boost whenever the economy tariff rate electricity is available,
regardless of boost times (option 2). To do this, the
eSense Input
in the
Relays & Sensors
menu should be set to
Boost 1
,
Boost 2
or
Boost 1&2.
When using this option, the Boost Timer is not needed.
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