How To Set Solar Water Heater Timer

Locate your power box on your house and turn off the breaker labeled hot water heater ours.

How to set solar water heater timer.

Hot water heater timer step 1. Connect the ground wire to the ground plug on the timer. But if you need to get someone to come around just to install the timer it is likely to cost 200 or more. And you can always pay extra for something fancy such as a timer you can easily adjust yourself.

The article below written by scott young of catch power provides a look into the world of hot water diverters which use excess solar energy to drive the element in electric storage based water heaters hot water diverters are a great way to increase solar self consumption and are significantly more affordable albeit less versatile than battery storage at this point in time. Shape the bare wire ends so that each fits under the appropriate lug. As a guide we set the timer to heat from 9 10am until 2 3pm for most homes. A timer may only set you back around 100 if you have it installed at the same time as your solar or hot water system.

The next steps are to get the timer and conduit installed. Start by locating a. The solar hot water timer. Set the timer by inserting clips at the appropriate time markers.

This will prevent the need for an additional power source for the timer motor and it can avoid a lot of confusion. Installing the conduit and timer. Tighten the screws to secure the wires to the timer pictured. When selecting a water heater timer it is best to select one where the timer motor is the same voltage as the circuit voltage as the water heater.

With a hot water timer installers set the timer up to come on for a set amount of hours during the period when they expect solar production to be at it s highest and when they expect the homeowner will be sending the most power back to the grid.