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ewarnerusa
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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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ewarnerusa
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Jun 06, 2023
pianotuna wrote:
To do the calculation one needs to know the voltage under load.

I'll do a run soon and measure, but the manual suggests using 15V for a 12V nominal system. It relates it to maximum battery voltage vs array voltage. But I agree, let's see the measured data vs what the manual suggests.

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