[Power] Charge controller ?

[Paul Fox]

smith wrote:
 > Here's the kicker usually makes larger solar setups very expensive.  You 
 > need 8Ah of battery but you really have to provide a bank that's a 
 > minimum of 2x that size or 16Ah.
 > 
 > The reason is that battery cycle life is based on % Depth of Discharge 
 > or %DoD.  The most common battery is lead acid and it really hates it 
 > when you go into a large %DoD.  If you take a LA battery below 50% DoD 
 > on a regular basis you will destroy it.  So for 8Ah of juice you need a 

is it this effect that so-called "deep discharge" batteries are
better at?

paul
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