6 Maintaining Battery Condition

The battery operating time of the Digital Inverter depends on the charge level of the battery, battery capacity, and the amount of power drawn by the AC loads you are operating. With a typical vehicle battery, you can expect the following:

Table 5 Battery Operating Times

Inverter

Load

Sample Appliance

Operating Time

 

 

 

 

200 W unit

50 W

CD player

6–8 hours

 

 

 

 

400 W unit

100 W

small TV

3–4 hours

 

 

 

 

800 W unit

200 W

TV/VCR

1–2 hours

 

 

 

 

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Xantrex Technology 800 W, 400 W, 200 W manual Maintaining Battery Condition, Inverter Load Sample Appliance Operating Time