C. Johnson, JTB Marine Service, 727.323.2500,
www.jtbmarine.com
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System
Design: Load Calculations
•First some definitions:
–Energy is a measure of the
ability of a system to do work; the units are watt-hrs
–Power is rate of energy
delivery; the units are watts
•One thousand watts are equal to
one kilowatt
–The discharge cycle is the
amount of time that the house bank will be providing energy
to the normal 12 VDC loads and the inverter before being
recharged