• A house with solar panels installed on the roof, surrounded by tall trees against a bright blue sky with some clouds.

    Smart, simple, solar: how it works

iHot simply connects to your existing hot water system, making better use of the solar energy your home already generates.

Electrical and plumbing equipment mounted on a white wall, including a black pipe, a gray box, and an iHot device.
Electrical and plumbing equipment mounted on a white wall, including a black pipe, a gray box, and an iHot device.

Built for Australian homes

Robert Davies, the inventor of iHot, describes how the system works in conjunction with 
a traditional solar installation

The Problem

Current solar hot water is expensive, heavy, and has too many moving parts, pumps and pipes. It places additional weight on your roof and can suffer from freezing and boiling issues.

The Solution

iHot integrates with your existing electric storage hot water system and generates solar hot water with optional grid boost, automatically or manually. It can also be used entirely off grid.

iHot, is lighter, cheaper and more efficient than traditional rooftop storage hot water systems. It leaves your tank on the ground so it is easier to service and maintain, and it doesn't have the same freezing and boiling issues as traditional roof mounted systems.

How It Works

iHot simply connects to your existing hot water system.

Our cutting-edge system integrates high-quality photovoltaic (PV) solar panels with advanced water heating technology. By utilising the abundant energy from the sun. Our system provides efficient and sustainable hot water heating.

iHot can be installed with a new solar installation or integrate with an existing one. Contact your solar installer and have them add an iHot to your solar installation at the time of installation for the best savings.

Electrical and solar equipment mounted on a brick wall, including a solar inverter, electrical boxes and an iHot device.
Electrical box labeled 'iHOT' mounted on a wall with status lights, and another smaller electrical component to the left with wiring.
Electrical equipment mounted on a wall, including a white control box labeled 'iHOT' with indicator lights and a smaller gray device labeled 'PV Array DC Isolator' connected with gray and black cables.
Electrical control box with the label 'iHOT' and indicator lights, next to a red dial timer with controls, mounted on a gray wall.
Outdoor wall with electrical and plumbing equipment, including a power meter, a white electrical box, and black pipes.