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I have a boiler that is 2000watt and a Victron multiplus 12/3000
I want to be able to determine the wattage it uses so I want to place a (3000watt) dimmer before the boiler. So I can spread out the load of heating water and make hot water on sunny days when the solar panels are working and I am not connected to shore power.
Is this possible with this thing:
https://proheating.nl/product/dimmer-plug-in-3000-watt-met-draaiknop-zonder-aan-uit-penaarde/
Thanks
You can, but running the multiplus for the boiler is not really effective. Also, unlikely you have 2000W of surplus solar. I would recommend switching the boiler to a 12V heater element (200-400W or so depending on your boiler capacity), and use a SOC based switch.
That would automaticly enable/disable the boiler eg when >95% SOC switch on and switch off at <90% SOC, thus allowing you to only use it with surplus solar. The dimmer is manually controlled...
A more DIY approach is building your own PWM-based dimmer based on available solar output. That will give a even more continous-regulated heater depending on available solar.
That would be possible but when connected to shore power I would still like to be able to use the full power of the boiler and heat up water more quickly
Nothing wrong with this approach, have a friend with a much larger dimmer regulating power to a geyser on a 3kva MP2. Works well.
