Xantrex XS400, Owner'S Manual

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Battery Types and Sizes
B–4 975-0054-01-01
Estimating Battery Requirements
To determine how much battery capacity you need:
1. Determine how many watts are consumed by each appliance that you
will operate from the XS400. You can normally find the watt rating
labelled on the product. If only the current draw is given, multiply it
by 115 to get the power consumption in watts.
2. Estimate how many hours each appliance will be operating each day.
3. Calculate the daily watt-hours needed for each appliance.
4. Add the total number of watt-hours needed for all the appliances and
multiply it by the number of days between charges.
5. Divide the total watt-hours of AC load between charges by 10. This
gives the battery Ah used between charges.
6. Double the total Ah used between charges to get the recommended
battery size in Ah.
See the battery sizing example that follows.
Battery Sizing Example
This battery sizing example illustrates a typical calculation, assuming an
opportunity to charge the batteries every three days:
.
Appliance
(A) Power
Consumption
(Watts) (B) Operating
Time per Day
(Hours)
Daily watt-hours
needed for this
appliance
(= A x B)
TV 100 W 4 hours 400 Wh
VCR 100 W 4 hours 400 Wh
3 lamps, 60 W each 180 W 4 hours 720 Wh
Audio system 60 W 4 hours 240 Wh
DVD player 100 W 2 hours 200 Wh
Other loads 100 W 3 hours 300 Wh
Total daily watt-hours of AC load 2260 Wh
x Number of days between charges 2
= Total watt-hours of AC load between charges 4520 Wh
Battery Ah used between charges (divide by 10) 452 Ah
Recommended Battery Bank Size in Ah (multiply by 2) 904 Ah