Maintaining Battery Condition - Xantrex XPower 400 PLUS Owner's Manual

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