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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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pianotuna
Nomad III
Apr 13, 2023
ewarnerusa,

These figures might help a bit.

The ten gallon unit in my rv takes 90 minutes before it cycles the first time.

There after, if no water is drawn, it will cycle on for 15 minutes every 4 hours.

It has a 1400 watt electric heater built in.

From that I can infer that heat loss is about 350 watts over the 4 hour time frame.

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