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Iboost installer in Bristol area

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I am looking for an iboost installer in Bristol area.Please suggest if you know any good electrician.
I didn't bother to install it at the time of PV installation as gas price was just 2.4p! good ol days!

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  • pinnks
    pinnks Posts: 1,549 Forumite
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    Any sparky should be able to install a diverter like the iboost.  They are nothing more than a clever switch inserted into the immersion heater circuit.  In simple terms, cut the wire, and attach the two ends to the input and output of the diverter...
  • Chris_Type_R
    Chris_Type_R Posts: 186 Forumite
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    As above, any spark should be able to install one - you might find that you need a new immersion heater at the same time - depending on how hard the water is in the area. There are various commissioning steps in the installation manual which I ignored when I DIY installed mine earlier today.

    I find it to be annoyingly noisy - due to the built-in fan.  
    Central Beds, 2.02kWp (9 x 225W) south facing with some morning shade, installed 2011 (£7.16/Wp). Tigo monitoring/optimisers on all panels, Growatt MIC 2000 TL-X Inverter and Solar iBoost installed 2022. (4 x 415W + 6 x 405W garden experiment connected to SunSynk 3.6 hybrid inverter & 2 x 5.3kWh SynSynk batteries) (4 x 405W panels queued to go somewhere)
  • Sterlingtimes
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    For the first time in eight-years, the iBoost will be of some value. My gas now is priced at 7.369 p per kWh and the summer efficiency of my boiler for water heating is 80%. The effective value of diversion is 7.369/0.8 = 9.2 p per kWh. That is better than my metered export rate of 6 p per kWh. My average annual diversion is 492 kWh, so the annual value of gas displaced is about £45 which is better than the £29 I would receive for metered export. The incremental value is now about £16 each year.
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