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--- electrical:solar:nonessential [2020/01/13 11:26]
frater_secessus [when to run opportunity loads]
+++ electrical:solar:nonessential [2020/01/13 11:34]
frater_secessus [opportunity loads]
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 In practice, actual loads may be heavier in the daytime (as when working with power tools) or at night (as when watching movies or running a forced-air furnace).
-Due to the nature of battery charging there are better times and worse times to run non-essential loads.  If done attentively (or automatically) **one can run electrical loads that do not affect the battery's
+If loads are applied attentively (or automatically!) **one can run electrical loads that [[electrical:solar:offthepanel|do not affect]] the battery bank's
-[[electrical:depth_of_discharge|State of Charge]]** at all.  This is especially true for Lead-Acid chemistries that do not take much current in [[electrical:12v:charging|Float or late Absorption stages]].
+[[electrical:depth_of_discharge|State of Charge]]** at all.  Additionally, consuming loads at the right time can also increase the health and longevity of lead batteries.((by keeping them at 100% SoC more of the time))
 ===== how much surplus current is there? =====

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