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-Because SMESs draw power in a set order, or power queue, and the station only draws about 150kW in the early part of the shift, the SMES output can be optimized to charge all SMESs evenly, meaning that no excess energy is wasted trying to charge already full SMESs. To do this, the Output on the first two SMESs in the power queue needs to be reduced while the final SMES in the queue needs to be set to maximum to cover power fluctuations. We'll choose 50kW for the reduced powers on SMES #1 and #2 since that's 150kW split among the 3 SMESs.
+Because SMESs draw power in a set order, or ''power queue'', and since the station only draws about 150kW in the early part of the shift, the SMES output can be optimized to charge all SMESs evenly, meaning that no excess energy is wasted trying to charge already full SMESs. To do this, the output level on the first two SMESs in the power queue needs to set lower than maximum while the final SMES in the queue needs to be set to maximum to cover power fluctuations. We'll choose 50kW for the output levels on SMESs #1 and #2 since that is equivalent to ~150kW split among the 3 SMESs.
 # Set ''Input'' from Off to On.
-# Increase ''Input'' level to Maximum (200 kW).
+# Increase ''Input level'' to Maximum (200 kW).
-# ''On SMESs #1 and #2'', manually decrease ''Output'' level to 50000 W (50 kW) if they are not that way already.
+# '''On SMESs #1 and #2:''' Manually set ''Output level'' to 50000 W (50 kW), if necessary.
-# ''On SMES #3'', increase ''Output'' level to Maximum (200 kW).
+# '''On SMES #3:''' Increase ''Output level'' to Maximum (200 kW).
-These output settings may need to be set to Maximum later, after the SMESs are fully charged, or when [[backup SMESs]] are wired up and charging.
+These output settings may need to be set to Maximum later, after the SMESs are fully charged, when [[backup SMESs]] are wired up and charging, or if a [[power sink]] has drained station power.
+For more information on SMES settings, see the [[Guide_to_Power]].
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