Product Manual

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INTRODUCTION
is managing the loads. You can easily do this by monitoring the display panel
which tells you the battery capacity left and current wattage draw from the unit
(how much power you are using). The lower the draw, the longer the run time.
If the power stayed off into the night, you could wheel the unit into your bed-
room, plug in the all important alarm clock and cell phone and sleep worry free.
No fumes no noise.
If you plug the unit into the wall, and the power is restored during the night, the
unit will sense the power is back on and begin recharging the battery and still
keep supplying power to the devices you had plugged into it during the night.
What about more severe or lengthy power outages?
In a more severe situation like 12 hours or more, of course you will more than
likely start to feel the effects and after 2 days, it usually becomes a real burden.
In the case of a gasoline generator, the answer lies in fuel availability. A single
5 gallon can of gasoline will last between 3 days in a small generator and 12
hours in a large one. The issue is a little more of a hassle because if you have no
power, neither do businesses around you. The gas pumps at the gas station run
on electricity.
You can have the generator and the empty gas can, but really run into a chal-
lenge trying to nd gas. This is the same problem that other people are having
and when they do nd the gas station operating, they take as much as they can
hold. This usually makes quick work of the stations tanks. They may have power
but nothing to sell.
In the case of Mobile Power Center you would eventually deplete the battery
storage and it will shut itself off until you can nd a way to charge it up again.
Option 1
If you purchased Mobile Power Center and wanted the capability to recharge
the battery in a severe outage, you could deploy the 12 VDC solar panel. The
unit can accept up to a 240 W array of 12 VDC panels. Please email us for solar
panel kit purchase at [e-mail], or call our toll free hotline: 1-866-
902-9690.
This panel will allow you to recharge the battery from the sun and continue to
use the Mobile Power Center every day as long as the sun is shining and you
manage your power loads. You cannot take more energy in a day than the panel
array can replace in a day.
Your main concern to manage would be cloudy or overcast days where solar
production was very low so power usage would need to drop as well.