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Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 12-02-2017, 05:12
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Posted By wiekeith
Re: Hot water with electricity from solar panels

But isn't that precisely what this post is about? The OP's cleaver (IMHO) suggestion is a way of reducing the heavy load (heating element) in order to potentially utilise the excess energy without...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 12-02-2017, 04:41
Replies: 88
Views: 22,379
Posted By wiekeith
Re: Hot water with electricity from solar panels

But surely, if the charger is in float mode it will not be utilising all the potentially-available power from the solar, so there will be excess power available to use for other purposes?
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 09-02-2017, 07:59
Replies: 88
Views: 22,379
Posted By wiekeith
Re: Hot water with electricity from solar panels

I agree. The beauty of the OP's solution is that it utilises solar power available after the batteries have been charged, hence bypassing the inefficiencies of the the charge/drain cycle. There will,...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 09-02-2017, 07:37
Replies: 88
Views: 22,379
Posted By wiekeith
Re: Hot water with electricity from solar panels

You are correct, of course, but I didn't think anyone was questioning that aspect.
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 09-02-2017, 07:22
Replies: 88
Views: 22,379
Posted By wiekeith
Re: Hot water with electricity from solar panels

Really? IMHO, to utilise the solar power to charge batteries for future use is less efficient than utilising the solar power directly via an inverter.
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