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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
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
Inverter Load
Sample
Appliance
Operating
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