Power Consumption; Caution; Turning Your Inverter On Or Off - Cobra CPI 450 Operating Instructions Manual

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Power Consumption

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Power Consumption
For each piece of equipment you will be operating from the
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inverter, you must determine the battery's reserve capacity
(how long the battery can deliver a specific amount of
current — in automotive batteries, usually 25 amperes)
or ampere-hour capacity (a measure of how many amperes
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a battery can deliver for a specified length of time).
Example – Reserve capacity: a battery with a reserve
capacity of 180 minutes can deliver 25 amperes for
180 minutes before it is completely discharged.
Example – Ampere-hour capacity: a battery with
an ampere-hour capacity of 100 ampere-hours can
deliver 5 amperes for 20 hours before it is completely
discharged.
To determine the battery ampere-hour
capacity you require:
1. Determine how many watts each piece of equipment
consumes. This can normally be found on the product
label. If only the current draw is given, multiply the
current draw by 115 to get the watt consumption.
2. Estimate the time (in hours) that each piece of equipment
will be running between battery charging cycles.
3. Calculate the total watt-hours of energy consumption
(power x operating time) using the average power
consumption and the total estimated running time
(in hours). Power x Operating Time = Watt-Hours.
Laptop
50 watts x 2 hours
= 100 watt-hours
4. Divide the watt-hours by 10 to determine how many
power supply's (12 volt) ampere-hours will be consumed.
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TV/VCR (up to 25") Blender
115 watts x 3 hours 300 watts x 15 minutes
= 345 watt-hours = 75 watt-hours
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Turning Your Inverter On or Off

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Be sure to have your power inverter properly installed before
attempting to turn the unit on (see installation page 5).
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On/Off Switch to On
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The inverter is now ready to deliver AC power to your loads.
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If several loads are to be operated by the inverter, turn them
on separately, after the inverter has been turned on. This will
ensure that the inverter does not have to deliver the starting
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currents required for all the loads at once.
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On/Off Switch to Off
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NOTE The On/Off Switch turns the control circuit
in the inverter on and off. It does not disconnect
power from the inverter.
Notice Caution
When the switch is in the off position, the inverter
draws no current from the battery. When it's in the
on position, but no power is being supplied to the
load, the inverter draws less than 500 milliamperes
from the battery. This is low current draw. It would
take more than a week to discharge a 100 ampere-
hour battery at this rate depending on the age of
the battery.
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To turn the power inverter on:
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1. If a DC power supply is being
used as the power source, switch
it on.
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2. On the left side panel, switch the
On/Off Switch to on.
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To turn the power inverter off:
1. On the left side panel,
switch the On/Off Switch
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to off.
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