TMR0 Confusion

[retepsnikrep]

Thanks Darrel that's very clear, little by little i'm learning.

[retepsnikrep]

How long to execute the reload?

I'm now using the timers for a few things but how do you work out the value to add on to the reload value for the time it takes to do the reload?

 
 T1CON.0 = 0            'Stops Timer
 
 TMR1RunOn.Highbyte = TMR1H    'Load the Run-On (Over-Run) value (if any)
 TMR1RunOn.Lowbyte = TMR1L   'Load the Run-On (Over-Run) value (if any)
 TMR1RunOn = PreLoad + TMR1RunOn   'Calculate new Preload setting to include any timer overrun 
 TMR1H = TMR1RunOn.HighByte   'Load the timer with new value
 TMR1L = TMR1RunOn.LowByte      'Load the timer with new value
 PIR1.0 = 0     'Clear TMR1 int flag 
     T1CON.0 = 1            'Starts Timer

The above for instance how much to add to keep the accuracy? How long does that all take? Any rough estimates? It's a pretty standard reload code but I could not find any examples. I'm running at 8mhz with 1/8 prescaler.