how diode works in this circuit?

[racmaster]

will the bulb be ON, when there will be no wind?
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[SunEagle]

If the diode is sized properly I would say the bulb will not be energized without wind. But I imagine that what is drawn is not the entire circuit otherwise what does the battery power and what type battery charger is being used with the wind generator?

[racmaster]

nice, thank you. thats what i expected.

what i cant expect is:

there can be 3 situations

1 - more power goes to battery than to load(bulb)
2 - same to battery and load
3 - more power to load than battery

what is the dependent on? when will which situation occur?

[SunEagle]

nice, thank you. thats what i expected.

what i cant expect is:

there can be 3 situations

1 - more power goes to battery than to load(bulb)
2 - same to battery and load
3 - more power to load than battery

what is the dependent on? when will which situation occur?

Again the circuit is not complete so I could be hard to provide you with an answer but if I was a gambling man and the diode was sized and wired properly I would expect that more power would go to the battery then the load.

Actually all of the power would go to the battery and none to the load.

[racmaster]

because the battery has smaller resistance and the current flows that direction, which has smaller resistance?

[sdold]

To you original question, no, because the diode would only allow current to flow into the battery, not out of the battery.

[racmaster]

To you original question, no, because the diode would only allow current to flow into the battery, not out of the battery.

we discuss current flowing from wind generator at this point... will it flow to battery, load or both...?

[sdold]

we discuss current flowing from wind generator at this point... will it flow to battery, load or both...?

Both, as long as the voltage from the wind source is higher than the battery voltage and the diode's forward drop combined.

[racmaster]

nice, thank you. so next - what will be the distribution formula. what will decide, if the kanthal load / battery charging will be distributed 50/50 or 10/90 or 80/20....?

i know, that battery 20% SOC will have bigger draw, then the same battery at 90% SOC. right? is there something that can be measured or counted to get the result, which is the mentioned distribution ratio?