583
panel or wind turbine. Most of the time the customer craves for
energy, and wind controller does its best by peak power tracking.
But there are inevitably intervals of time when the wind is
plentiful while need for energy is low and the battery is already
fully charged. In such a case Turbine controller initially engages
a dump load. It does that gradually while maintaining optimal
battery voltage (most other controllers just apply full available
dump load at once, give it some time and disconnect it). If dump
...