Xantrex Technology 700 PLUS, 175 PLUS, 400 PLUS manual Maintaining Battery Condition

6 Maintaining Battery Condition

The battery operating time of the XPower 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 1 Battery Operating Times

Inverter	Load	Sample	Operating
		Appliance	Time
XPower 175 Plus	50 watts	CD player	6-8 hours
XPower 400 Plus	100 watts	small TV	3-4 hours
XPower 700 Plus	100 watts	small TV	3-4 hours

Here are some guidelines that will help to preserve your battery:

•Vehicle batteries are not designed for repeated deep- discharge cycles, and constantly recharging a vehicle’s

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