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lifestyle:words_of_wisdom [2021/06/19 17:56]
frater_secessus [traction] 		lifestyle:words_of_wisdom [2021/07/19 23:59]
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 > Bulk charging requires //current//. Absorption requires //relatively high voltage// and //time at that voltage//. - secessus > Bulk charging requires //current//. Absorption requires //relatively high voltage// and //time at that voltage//. - secessus
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 +> [lead-chemistry] Batteries must be mildly overcharged often to minimize sulfation spotting. It really turns out to be a race between the disease or the cure, and if mildly overcharged, the cure wins 99% of the time. The "disease" in this case being excessive shedding of positive plate material. The cure being a mild overcharge. - MexicoWanderer((https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/25945538/print/true.cfm))
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 ===== consumer culture ===== ===== consumer culture =====
 > "It's so weird, isn't it? We buy the bills of goods society tells us, we work hard, we save, pay our taxes, be good solid citizens; but as we age we look around ourselves and wonder why we did it, to what end. " - Queen((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-My-long-lost-community?pid=295058#pid295058)) > "It's so weird, isn't it? We buy the bills of goods society tells us, we work hard, we save, pay our taxes, be good solid citizens; but as we age we look around ourselves and wonder why we did it, to what end. " - Queen((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-My-long-lost-community?pid=295058#pid295058))
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 > In general, people should FIRST aim for a realistic goal, achieve it,then systematically improve on it, while accepting that 100% perfection/efficiency does not Occur In Nature. -- [[http://pitafree.com/users/kaylee/|Kaylee]]((in personal correspondence)) > In general, people should FIRST aim for a realistic goal, achieve it,then systematically improve on it, while accepting that 100% perfection/efficiency does not Occur In Nature. -- [[http://pitafree.com/users/kaylee/|Kaylee]]((in personal correspondence))
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 +> Having a van doesn’t make you a different person... -- myPCisCursed((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/omhy1v/to_vanlife_or_not_to_vanlife/h5ljb93/))
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 +> I would recommend starting with downsizing your material possessions.  -- undeadtech((https://www.reddit.com/r/vandwellers/comments/omhy1v/to_vanlife_or_not_to_vanlife/h5liho2/))
  
 ===== inverters ===== ===== inverters =====
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 > "...the person draining their batteries to the 50% range regularly would do much better with a 2 watts to 1Ah ratio, or even 3 to 1." -- SternWake((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-How-much-solar-do-I-need?pid=278438#pid278438)) > "...the person draining their batteries to the 50% range regularly would do much better with a 2 watts to 1Ah ratio, or even 3 to 1." -- SternWake((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/Thread-How-much-solar-do-I-need?pid=278438#pid278438))
  
-> "The advantage of "too much solar" is rainy day support. Most people use generators for that, but if your sun hours stack up, oversized arrays also works. -- zoneblue((http://forum.solar-electric.com/discussion/comment/272384#Comment_272384))+> "The advantage of "too much solar" is rainy day support. Most people use generators for that, but if your sun hours stack up, oversized arrays also work. -- zoneblue((http://forum.solar-electric.com/discussion/comment/272384#Comment_272384))
  
 > "With a isolator you would run the truck early to get a fair amount of the bulk charging done and let the solar finish it off the rest of the day." -- jimindenver((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26877&pid=337117#pid337117http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26877&pid=337117#pid337117)) > "With a isolator you would run the truck early to get a fair amount of the bulk charging done and let the solar finish it off the rest of the day." -- jimindenver((http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26877&pid=337117#pid337117http://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26877&pid=337117#pid337117))
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 > It's not enoung just to have a panel up there, you have to have enough to push the battery around. -- jimindenver((https://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=20022&pid=229943#pid229943)) > It's not enoung just to have a panel up there, you have to have enough to push the battery around. -- jimindenver((https://www.cheaprvliving.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=20022&pid=229943#pid229943))
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 +> In theory, Imp * Vmp = panel Watts. There's an awful lot in the real world that can affect that. -- Cariboocoot((https://forum.solar-electric.com/discussion/comment/152013#Comment_152013))
  
 ===== solitude ===== ===== solitude =====
lifestyle/words_of_wisdom.txt · Last modified: 2024/06/22 20:39 by frater_secessus

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