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--- electrical:12v:alt_and_solar [2019/05/16 21:04]
frater_secessus [how alternator charging helps]
+++ electrical:12v:alt_and_solar [2019/06/03 17:12]
frater_secessus [how solar helps]
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 The reason for this is related to how lead-acid banks charge;  they can take a ton of current in the first ~80% of charging (Bulk) then they hit a kind of wall.  At that point you could drive 100mph or hook the bank up to the Hoover Dam's electrical output and it wouldn't finish charging significantly faster.
-From ~80% to 100% (Absorption stage) charging requires little current but a long time holding at a relatively high voltage.  So in our alt+solar scenario the alternator does the heavy lifting in first bit and then a small solar install does the light (but lengthy) work at the end.
+From ~80% to 100% (Absorption stage) charging requires little current but a long time holding at a relatively high voltage.  So in our alt+solar scenario the alternator does the heavy lifting in the beginning then a small solar install does the light (but lengthy) work at the end.((The solar will also contribute during Bulk when the sun is shining.))
 ===== how alternator charging helps =====

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