Question:
I am thinking to run a water heater (as many of here) for the excess solar. Can you explain what problems does the AC-Thor solve in this problem space that the Multiplus II programmable relay does not?
I was planning to program the relay like so:
-Start diverting power from solar to AC2-out when battery is near 95%, and to stop powering the boiler when battery SOC falls to 85%. (or similar values).
Of course this opens the possibility for the system to use the battery to heat, but I would imagine the primary source would be the direct wattage arrived from the solar arrays?
is the ac-thor answering this and bypassing the possibility that the system would use, in some cases the battery to heat up the heater?
also, based on the forum, there has been some problems integrating the ac-thor to the system. I've got two us5000 -batteries and would be interested if anyone has a successfull installation regarding OR suggestions to run excess solar to heaters.