About Link 1000 Settings
F08 Set Peukert’s Exponent
Default: 1.25 for liquid lead-acid batteries. (Battery Type set to Type 0.)
The Peukert exponent refers to the “shrink rate” of your battery bank. The more rapidly you discharge the batteries, the more their effective size shrinks. For example, a battery that can supply 200Ah when discharged over twenty hours may only provide 95Ah if discharged in one hour.
When you select Battery Type (see “Changing the Battery Type Setting” on page 23 and “F10 Select Battery Type” on page 33), the Link 1000 automatically sets an appropriate Peukert exponent. When the Battery Type is gel or AGM (Type 1, 2, or 3), a default exponent of 1.11 is used.
If your battery manufacturer has given you another value, you can enter it. Otherwise, leave the default value.
F09 Set Low Battery Discharge Floor
Default: 100%
Range:
The Link 1000 lets you set the discharge floor that it uses for calculations. The 
reports the time that remains until you have a dead battery. We recommend that you begin charging when two yellow battery status LEDs are on in order to conform to the “Mid Capacity Rule” (see page 39).
Note: If you discharge below the discharge floor, and then partially charge but remain below the discharge floor, the Time Remaining display will continue to read zero. The Time Remaining display will not show meaningful readings until you have recharged above the discharge floor you have set.
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