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Extemporaneous · 30-11-2008, 19:23

Did a search of "Load Divert" and "Charge Divert" and came up with nothing on our board. Seams you need to do this if you are going to have a Wind Generator. Seams most loads that the diverters go to are simple heating elements.
So my questions.
Could you hookup a Capacitor to be the load and store the energy?
Could you hookup a relay that would be initialized the same time as the Load Divert would otherwise be and just shut off the Wind Gen?
Why can't Wind Gen's have Alternator Field Disconnects?

Thanks,
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Extemporaneous · 30-11-2008, 19:53

Or is there an elegant way to start your water maker when the batteries are full and the Wind Gen is still putting our?
Might get complicated. You could need a program based on run cycle of the water maker and also a secondary load if for some reason water could not be made.

Any thoughts on how to get the best use of excess power?

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forsailbyowner · 30-11-2008, 20:04

the air x simply shuts down at fourteen volts, I have mine set up so when fourteen volts is reached the diversion regulator sends power to a heating element in the water heater. we live mostly on the hook and i generally dont make much extra power. Most of the time I just turn up the fridge or start the inverter and charge the laptop or find some other way to use the extra power other than heating water. I have ten solar panels along with the wind generator charging nine batteries, one start and eight house. So even if Im getting twenty amps its still little more than a trickle when put into so many batteries.

Extemporaneous · 30-11-2008, 20:10

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Originally Posted by forsailbyowner

the air x simply shuts down at fourteen volts, I have mine set up so when fourteen volts is reached the diversion regulator sends power to a heating element in the water heater. we live mostly on the hook and i generally dont make much extra power. Most of the time I just turn up the fridge or start the inverter and charge the laptop or find some other way to use the extra power other than heating water. I have ten solar panels along with the wind generator charging nine batteries, one start and eight house. So even if Im getting twenty amps its still little more than a trickle when put into so many batteries.

Turn up (or down depending how you look at it) the fridge.
That's a good one.
Now, once again a program with parameters would be great.

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