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OPERATION MANUAL
EMMA LITE (ELITE)
THE ENERGY AND MICROGENERATOR MANAGER
OCTOBER 2016

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  • Page 1 OPERATION MANUAL EMMA LITE (ELITE) THE ENERGY AND MICROGENERATOR MANAGER OCTOBER 2016...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    LITE INSTALLED Add a power Throttle to your immersion heater for free hot water................... 5 ................................. 6 OWER HROTTLE INSTALLED EMMA Lite applicability ................................6 Grid Voltage Stabilisation ................................6 ? ..............................7 OW DO KNOW WHAT SYSTEM HAVE 3.

  • Page 3: Table Of Figures

    TABLE OF FIGURES 1. E ................................ 5 IGURE LITE TYPICAL INSTALLATION 2. P ................................. 5 IGURE OWER HROTTLE DD ON 3. E ............................6 IGURE LITE OWER HROTTLE YSTEM 4: E ..............................8 IGURE LITE EFAULT ISPLAY CREEN 5: S ................................

  • Page 4: Safety

    1. SAFETY All installation and maintenance work must be carried out by a properly trained and qualified electrician. It is important to ensure that the installation complies with local wiring regulations. The mains power supply must be disconnected before the cover is removed.

  • Page 5: Elite Installed

    ELITE INSTALLED Distribution Board PV and/or Wind system Din Rail. Correctly Sized Fused Breaker Measure Import/Export Import/Export Current Mains Incoming Transformers ELITE Power Generation Current Supply Transformer ELITE Meter Box Inverter ELITE Mains L1 Elite Measure Generation Figure 1. Elite typical installation In a PV or wind turbine installation where Elite is used for monitoring Figure 1.

  • Page 6: Power Throttle Installed

    This provides free hot water while still satisfying other household loads without power import during sufficient PV power production. EMMA LITE APPLICABILITY The standard Elite is designed for use with single-phase, split or three-phase grid-connected micro- (or larger) renewable energy generators that produce peak outputs of 0.5kW upwards, in conjunction with all types of renewable generators.

  • Page 7: How Do Iknow What System Ihave

    HOW DO I KNOW WHAT S YSTEM I HAVE?  Have I got power monitoring? If you have an Elite as described in Figure 1. Elite typical installation Then you have power monitoring via the Touch screen only.  Have I got remote monitoring? If you have an Elite as described in Figure 1.

  • Page 8: Operation Of Elite

    OPERATION OF ELITE Elite is a fully automatic system that starts up and runs automatically once installed. It uses a colour touch screen as its interface to display and allow configuration of its settings. Each display unit is used to monitor one phase. DEFAULT SCREEN The standard, or default, display shows the following information: Figure 4: Elite Default Display Screen...

  • Page 9: General Operation And Frequent Queries Answered

    GENERAL OPERATION AND FREQUENT QUERIES ANSWERED. The full Elite system with all the add-ons has a number of basic roles to fulfill. The most basic roll the Elite system fulfills is to divert any excess renewable energy that would otherwise be exported to heat the hot water tank for free.

  • Page 10: Elite Screen Navigation

    ELITE SCREEN NAVIGAT ION SETUP MENUS Pressing the Settings button on the screen brings up the settings menu screen. Figure 5: Settings Menu Screen  Boost Timer – This button opens the Boost Timer Settings. (Only applicable with a Power Throttle) ...

  • Page 11: Figure 6. Boost Timer Settings Screen

    BOOST TIMER SETTINGS SCREEN Figure 6. Boost Timer Settings screen.  The Boost Timer settings screen allows the user to select a duration for the immersion to stay on when the boost button on the home screen is pressed.  The button highlighted in green indicates the current duration that is set.

  • Page 12: Figure 7. Hot Water Timer Screen

    HEATING (HEATING TIMER SETTINGS) Figure 7. Hot Water Timer Screen Pressing the Heating button brings up the heating timer screen. This screen allows the Elite to control the immersion element as a standard hot water control timer. This screen can be used to set times to coincide with Night saver electricity in Ireland or economy 7 in the UK.

  • Page 13: Figure 8. Hot Water Temperature Screen

    HW TEMP (HOT WATER TEMPERATURE) Figure 8. Hot Water Temperature Screen Pressing the HW Temp button brings up the Hot Water temperature settings screen. This screen only applies where a Power Throttle is part of the Elite System. The Hot Water Settings Menu allows the user to set two temperatures. ...

  • Page 14: Figure 9. Date And Time Screen

    DATE AND TIME Figure 9. Date and Time Screen The time and date are a settable option on the E Elite but if they are GSM enabled they will automatically synchronise with the correct date and time once the GSM has established a connection with the Network. The unit will only begin logging data for the remote dashboard once the Time and Date has been downloaded from Cool Power Products server through the GSM network.

  • Page 15: Figure 10. Password Control Menu

    INSTALLER (PASSWORD CONTROL) Pressing the Installer button on the settings menu brings up the password control menu as described in Figure 10. Password control menu. This menu requires a password for access so as to prevent accidental changing of the parameters contained in the installer screen.

  • Page 16: Figure 11. Installer Menu Screen With Software Version

    ELMON dashboard using the Zigbee screen. The monitoring registration and access procedure are covered in a separate document “EMMA LITE Monitoring Setup doc V1.0”. For information purposes the Settings menu contains the software version in the top right hand corner of its screen. Other than this the Settings menu should only be used by the installer.

  • Page 17: Figure 12. Test Duty Cycle Screen

    TEST MENU (ONLY APPLICABLE WITH A POWER THROTTLE) The test menu is used to prove that the power throttle is working as expected. It is normally used by the installer to prove that the communication link with the Power Throttle is working correctly and also to prove that the CT’s are installed correctly by creating a known load on site and observing import rise on the home screen.
  • Page 18 CT FACTORS MENU The CT Factors menu has 5 settings that are used to configure the CT’s and the operation of the system to divert power to heat if a Power Throttle is part of the system. Figure 13. CT Factors and Power Diversion settings screen ...

  • Page 19: Figure 14. Real Time Power And Temperature Display

    RT POWER (REAL TIME POWER DISPLAY) The Real Time Power display provides informative information on the Power and Temperature outputs on site. Figure 14. Real Time Power and Temperature Display.  Real Power CT1 and 2 –displays the instantaneous real power of the line those CT’s are clamped on to. ...

  • Page 20: Figure 16. Zigbee Add Node Screen

    PID SCREEN (PROPORTIONAL INTEGRAL DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL SCREEN) The PID Screen is specifically for use by Cool Power Products Engineers. It provides information for debugging purposes and allows configuration of settings to help resolve unforeseen issues with Data upload and Power Throttle control. Figure 15.
  • Page 21 GSM INFO SCREEN  As a sub menu in the Zigbee screen a Zigbee info button is presented under the Add Node button when a GSM modem is present with a Sim Card.  Pressing the button opens up the GSM info screen ...

  • Page 22: Meters

    METERS The Meters display is accessible from the Home screen. It displays cumulative import, export, demand and output power since the unit was installed in kW hours. This is useful information when used properly. If you read this regularly and enter the readings into a spreadsheet you will build up a picture of how Elite is managing your micro-generator’s output against your household load.

  • Page 23: Example Data

    Sample SP15v2.1 Data EXAMPLE DATA 2,500 2,000 1,500 Output (W) Watts Demand (W) 1,000 28 55 82 109 136 163 190 217 244 271 Time (Seconds) Figure 19: Example tracking data Figure 19: Example tracking data, shows a graph of output and demand matching where the system matches demand to output by varying power to the immersion heater on the site.

  • Page 24: Elite With Elite Monitoring And A Power Throttle System In Operation

    ELITE WITH ELITE MONITORING AND A POWER THROTTLE SYSTEM IN OPERATION Figure 20. Elmon Dashboard Graph The Elmon dashboard graph in Figure 20. Elmon Dashboard Graph depicts the Elite system with a Power Throttle and monitoring in full operation. The Import (Red Line) and Export (Blue Line) lines are running flat along the bottom of the graph indicating negligible import or export.

  • Page 25: Supply, Certification & Guarantee

    4. SUPPLY, CERTIFICAT ION & GUARANTEE All units from the EMMA family of products conform fully to the Directives and Standards required for CE certification, as listed below. They are supplied CE marked and with a comprehensive back to base warranty for 36 months from date of delivery. European Directives: 2004/108/EC Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 2006/95/EC Low Voltage Directive...

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