6 Battery Operating Time
The battery operating time of the 300 Inverter depends on the charge level of the battery, battery capacity, and the amount of power drawn by the particular AC load. With a typical vehicle battery and a 300 watt load, you can expect one or more hours of operating time.
To preserve the battery:
•Do not allow your vehicle battery to become deeply discharged. A vehicle battery (starting battery) is not designed to be deeply discharged, and repeated deep discharge/charge cycles will shorten its life.
When you use a vehicle battery as a power source, start the vehicle every hour or two and run it until you have partially recharged the battery.
•Do not leave the 300 Inverter on for more than a week if you do not have an AC load connected to it.
The inverter draws less than 0.2 amps with the On/ Standby switch on and no load connected, but that will eventually discharge the battery.
•When the 300 Inverter is not in use, do one of the following:
•Unplug it from the 12 volt outlet.
•Disconnect the DC cable clips from the battery.
•Turn off the
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