Optimmersion User Manual
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1. Set the boost not for Simple When you are satisfied press IN to start the clock at the time shown by the digits on the screen The words Clock set appear briefly followed by the setting screen for setting the three boost periods The setting screen for the 1 period of heat boost appears This is the time at which the heater is turned on default value 02 00 during the first period of boosting Set the digits to your requirement and then press IN to set the turn off time Press IN again when you have entered the time at which you want the first boost period to end Optimmersion User Manual OMU ENG 1 3 07 13 Page 7 of 8 alle Optimmersion You can set the on and off times of the second and third heat boosting periods in a similar fashion By default these are set to 00 00 and 00 00 respectively The controller will ignore a boost period altogether if the on and off times are the same Make sure that the first second and third boost periods do not overlap with each other You should also note that a boost period must not include midnight so ensure you turn the boost OFF at 23 59 and ON again after 12 01 Set the heater power Press IN after setting the off time of the third boost period to set the nominal heater power This defaults to 3000 i e a 3 KW immersion heater The power field is a four digit decimal number which may be set in the range 0000 to 9999 You may select any of the digits by pressing L or R For the w2. from the Net and Sun figures Control The next line down has the label Control The blue bar and percentage number underneath it indicate the setting of your immersion heater Optimmersion adjusts the amount of power consumed by your immersion heater between zero and one hundred per cent The number indicated is the percentage of the maximum control setting In this case it is 78 Zero per cent shows that you immersion heater is consuming no power at all and one hundred per cent shows that your immersion heater is fully on The figures in between give you a rough guide as to how much power is going in to your hot water but the relationship between the control percentage and the power depends on details of the installation so you should not try to interpret the figures too closely However a correction is made internally so that the energy stored value see below is quite accurate When the control percentage is zero the display will register Off When the control percentage is 100 the display will register Max Temp Off indicating that one the following four conditions is true e The Sun is shining brightly and your water is not yet up to temperature so your immersion heater is fully on Max e 50W or more of solar power are being generated and your water is up to temperature so that the immersion heater thermostat has disconnected it Temp e 50 W or more of solar power are being generated and you have turned off the immersion he
3. in your solar powered home you will quickly notice its influence on your usual hot water bills You will always benefit from using your home grown electricity to provide hot water for your household maximising the use of your Solar PV system Power Watts The Optimmersion system ensuring all of this household s generated electricity is used in the house with the surplus diverted to the immersion tank 4 Optimmersion versions Optimmersion has two main components the power throttle and the controller The controller needs to be accessible as it has an operable switch and the colour display In the wired versions Optimmersion Simple and Optimmersion Wired the controller and the power throttle are connected so need to be installed near your consumer unit the box containing your circuit breakers and main electricity on off switch sometimes called the fuse box The wireless versions Optimmersion Wireless and Optismart Hot Water have a separate controller and power throttle so the controller unit is installed as before near your consumer unit but the power throttle unit can be mounted where you have more space by your immersion heater for example Optimmersion User Manual OMU ENG 1 3 07 13 Page 2 of 8 Optimmersion 5 What does the display mean The colour display inside the controller shows several lines of text and numbers and their associated coloured bars The time is shown in the blue box at the top of the simple
4. per unit that you pay to your electricity supplier In this example if the cost per unit is 12 pence the householder has saved 12 x 7 2 86 4 pence so far today Optimmersion soon pays for itself As with the Gen figure the actual energy put into the hot water tank may differ slightly because of a small variation in the calibration It is also calculated based on the power rating figure that you enter for your immersion heater when setting the parameters see below Both the Gen figure and the Saved figure are reset to zero at midnight Optimmersion User Manual OMU ENG 1 3 07 13 Page 5of8 Optimmersion 6 What does the switch do The controller unit has a three position slider switch on the top right hand side of the box Left position Mid position Right position Left position the heater is fully on and Optimmersion has no effect The legend Heat continuous appears in red at the bottom of the display and the blue Control bar should be at full length Mid position the heater is controlled automatically by Optimmersion The legend Heat automatic or Heat 1 hr boost see below appears in green or yellow at the bottom of the display This is the normal position Mid left mid movement if you move the switch from the mid position to the left position wait for the words Heat continuous to appear and then slide it back to the mid position the heater is turned fully on for 1 hour This is useful for all elec
5. toggle switch has five positions press up UP press down DN press left L press right R and press in IN These directions are appropriate for a unit mounted on a wall in the correct orientation When power is first applied to the Simple units you will be prompted to set the clock see next section When power is first applied to all other versions a single digit count down timer appears If you do nothing during the countdown period the unit will continue with normal operation at the end of the count down period Normal operation resumes if you do nothing during the count down period otherwise the legend changes to the clock setting screen You can return to the first setting screen by pressing IN during normal operation when the screen is not being refreshed Press again if there is no response the first time Set the time The first setting screen displays the legend shown with the current clock time in the 24 hour format HH MM The right hand digit of the hours part of the time is the selected digit you can increase press UP or decrease press DN the value shown in the HH field in the range 00 to 23 For example if the current time is twenty past four in the afternoon 16 20 you would set this to 16 as shown You can switch between the HH and MM fields by pressing L or R The left hand digit of the MM field will then be selected and you can set the MM field in the range 00 to 59 You would set this to 20
6. Optimmersion User Manual L pets 0 128 a i Wh r Cox Congratulations on your purchase of Optimmersion the intelligent proportional controller that heats your water This manual will to help you to understand how it works and what the different elements on the display mean Optimmersion is an automatic solution there is no need for you to adjust anything 1 What is Optimmersion Optimmersion measures how much power is flowing through your electricity meter and in which direction Only when you are generating a surplus does it divert power to the immersion heater always adjusting the exact level so as to minimise the amount going back to the grid 2 How does it work Optimmersion responds immediately to changes in how much electricity you use in your house and to changes in the sunlight so you can turn electric appliances on and off in your house without worrying about it interfering with Optimmersion When you turn the kettle on Optimmersion makes the exact adjustment to ensure that only the surplus power goes into your tank In the same way when the sun goes behind a cloud the immersion heater power is reduced by just the right amount so you never use too much Optimmersion is entirely automatic Once you turn it on it does the all the work on its own For full peace of mind you can monitor its activity using the integrated display Optimmersion 3 Does Optimmersion really work By installing an Optimmersion system
7. ater yourself Off or e You have switched the override switch to the left or you are in a 1 hr boost period not Simple or you are in a night time boost period forcing the immersion heater to be energised continuously see below Every six seconds two lines in the display change to show the energy that you have generated today not Simple and the energy that you have saved in your hot water tank Optimmersion User Manual OMU ENG 1 3 07 13 Page 4of 8 Optimmersion Het Gen Use Control 01 01 Saved Gen not Simple version The Sun line changes to show the accumulated number of units or KWh that your solar panels have provided today It begins with the word Gen and is followed by an indication of the number of KWh generated 10 40 KWh in the example above The figure gives a good indication of the energy generated but may differ slightly from the figure indicated on your PV inverter or that recorded by your generation meter This is normal and is because the calibration of Optimmersion is affected by some details of your installation and how much sunshine there is Saved The percentage line changes to show how many units of energy you have saved in your hot water tank today 7 20 KWh in the example above This energy would otherwise have been exported from your house to the grid You can easily see how much money Optimmersion is saving you Multiply the number of units saved as shown on the display by the cost
8. he number of hours of use Running a 2 KW electric heater for 3 hours uses 6 Kilowatt hours of energy and you will be charged for 6 Units on your bill unless your solar panels are providing the power instead Sun not Simple version The next line down beginning with the word Sun indicates how well your solar panels are doing The number and the bar are always displayed in yellow and they show the power being generated by your solar panels whenever this is 10 W or more This number is also measured directly by Optimmersion using a clip on current transformer around the live cable from your solar PV system The number should be zero at night and several KW when the Sun is shining directly on to your panels The picture above indicates that you are generating 2 6 KW 2600 W This value is displayed for information but is not used by Optimmersion ton control your immersion heater Optimmersion User Manual OMU ENG 1 3 07 13 Page 3 of 8 Optimmersion Use not Simple version The third line down begins with the word Use It is always displayed in red and it shows the power you are actually using in the house i e all the power being consumed by everything plugged in and switched on such as your lights refrigerator washing machine electric kettle etc It also includes the power going into your immersion heater According to the display you are using 2 48 KW 2480 W This number is not measured directly by Optimmersion but is calculated
9. ired versions press IN to exit the parameter setting pages You can set two heater powers with the wireless versions corresponding to the heater connected to the wireless power throttle w ess and the wired power throttle if fitted You can also set which of the two or both is connected to the controller unit Press IN to complete the parameter setting Optimmersion is sold for professional use and installation 8 Support If you have any questions regarding the use of the Optimmersion system visit our Support site www energeno com uk support Energeno Ltd 4 Floor 70 74 City Road Lond EC1Y 28 ENEr GENO www energeno com Vision and Empowerment Optimmersion User Manual OMU ENG 1 3 07 13 Page 8 of 8
10. screen left image and after the Control label in the Wired Wireless and Optismart Hot Water screens right image Net Sun Use Control 01 23 Net The top line begins with the word Net and is followed by a plus or minus sign a number and the letters KW Immediately underneath you will see a bar whose length is proportional to the displayed number The larger the absolute value of the number the longer is the bar The number and bar are displayed in green if the number is negative and in red if it is zero or positive The Net figure is measured directly by Optimmersion using a clip on current transformer around the live cable at the electricity meter and it indicates the total power flowing in the cable between your house and the electricity supply company In the pictures above this is 0 120 Kilowatts KW or 120 Watts W as 1 KW is 1000 W The negative sign shows that you are exporting power from your house to the electricity grid When the number is positive the number and bar turn red and then you are importing power from the electricity supply which you pay for on your electricity bill Green is good red is expensive To be precise you pay for the energy you import usually designated in Kilowatt hours KWh or Units for short with one Unit being one Kilowatt hour The power is the rate of using energy designated in Watts or Kilowatts To find the energy in Units you need to multiply the power in KW by t
11. tric systems to boost the heat Repeat the process to cancel this function During the boost period the legend Heat 1 hr boost will appear in yellow at the bottom of the display and the blue Control bar should be at full length Right position Simple version the heater is turned off and Optimmersion has no effect Right position all other versions the heater is controlled automatically by Optimmersion However the heater is turned fully on during the boost periods under the control of the internal clock You can set up to three boost periods see below This switch setting is intended for Economy 7 or similar reduced rate tariff users The legend Heat auto night appears in yellow at the bottom of the display The current clock time is also displayed after the Control legend The legend changes to Heat boost 1 Heat boost 2 or Heat boost 3 during the corresponding boost period and the blue Control bar should be at full length Optimmersion User Manual OMU ENG 1 3 07 13 Page 6 of 8 YN Optimmersion 7 Settings clock boost periods heater power and connectivity The toggle switch on the left hand side of the display may be used to set the clock up to three boost periods not with Simple and the nominal rating of the heater in Watts If using the wireless versions with an additional wired power throttle fitted you can also specify which of the power throttles to connect The
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