The Elon Smart Water Heating Unit
SKU: SOL-PVE-ELON-SMARTA thermostat that makes your geyser smart, connected and plug-and-play solar PV-ready. Simple installation and automatic selftest to ensure correct installation. Easy retrofit - replaces standard thermostat to make existing electric geysers smart, green and connected. Monitor and control your water heating from your smartphone! Inventory available in all major centres, including geysers and full solar PV kits. Single point of responsibility and accountability for full water heating solution. End-to-end support across product lifecycle. read more ? read less ?
- The Elon Smart Hot Water System provides real-time information on water temperature and solar and grid energy use.
- Plug-and-play solar PV enables substantial savings on your electricity bills and a reduced carbon footprint for your water heating. Payback periods range from 2 - 4 years, depending on the number of solar PV panels and your hot water usage levels.
- The Elon Smart Thermostat transforms standard electric geysers into smart, solar PV-ready green appliances. Android & iOS apps allow monitoring and management with your smartphone, including water temperature and grid & solar energy use, as well as the ability to select different solar and grid temperature setpoints and a 'heat with grid now' button in case of overcast or rainy days.
- Early alerts for issues such as element failure, hot connections, incorrect wiring and other faults reduce cost, damage and inconvenience.
Key Specification
| Shutdown | Sufficient power supply capacity to manage processor, switching and data storage if both grid and solar supply fail. |
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| Mains (AC) voltage range | 230V +10% -15% (will disconnect all loads when breach is greater than +/- 15%) |
| Recommended Element Size (kW) | Compatible with 2 - 4 kW elements. * Please see specifications for geyser element and solar PV array matching guide |
| Max. Solar PV array size (kW) | Up to 3 kW (minimum solar PV array size of 1 kW recommended) |
| System power supply | Solar PV DC or 230V AC mains |
| Enclosure ingress pro rating | IP40 (installed under geyser cover) |
| Rated Current (A) | 18A AC, 15A DC |
| Rated input voltage | 230V AC, 230V DC |
| Solar voltage (Voc at STC) | 30 � 230 V DC |
| Power Consumption | 3W on either AC or DC (solar) power |
| Gross Weight (kg) | 0.35 |
| Packaging height (mm) | 135 |
| Packaging depth (mm) | 276 |
| Packaging width (mm) | 175 |
| Weight (kg) | 0.3 |
| Height (mm) | 110 |
| Depth (mm) | 230 |
| Width (mm) | 120 |
| Product Type | The Elon unit |