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ewarnerusa
Nomad
Feb 05, 2023

Feedback on 12V water heater element as solar diversion load

My solar charge controller has a diversion load feature where excess current can be diverted to a load once batteries are full. The manual discusses using a water heater element and this sounds like ...
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FLY_4_FUN
Explorer
Feb 06, 2023
I would check what the load circuit is rated for as normally its a few LED lights, small 12v fan or plugging in USB ports for phones/tablet etc. I wouldn't think it could manage any sort of big load unless you had a pretty sizeable setup (think grid tie system on a house with 3000-4000W of solar.

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