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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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stevenal
Nomad II
Feb 07, 2023
Maybe just use a Hott Rod. By my calculation, 450 W at 110 V works out to 26.9 ohms. At 12 V, this would be a bit over 5W. Not much, but it is something.

Before anyone objects to putting DC on an AC element, purely resistive loads don't care.

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