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Understanding idle battery status

I'm trying to understand what the shunt is saying by reporting the battery at "Idle 29w". Wouldn't idle necessitate it being 0 watts since a positive number would mean charging, and a negative number would mean discharging?

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(Is bumping allowed here?)
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There is just some hysteresis on what is considered idle.
I am not sure on the exact number but probably around +50W / -50W or some percentage of battery capacity.

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Ok, so would hysteresis also account for the "missing" watts Im seeing? The battery shows -102w, 37 watts on AC, 37w on DC. 28w arent accounted for... Shouldnt DC loads + AC loads = total battery discharge amount?
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