Designing your installation – Xantrex Technology 1200 User Manual
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Installation
3–2
Designing Your Installation
Before doing anything else, you need to determine how you are going to
use your XPower Plus, and then design a power system that will give you
maximum performance. The more thorough your planning, the better
your power needs will be met. In particular, you will need to:
•
Be aware of installation codes
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Calculate your battery requirements
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Choose an effective charging system
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Choose an appropriate location
•
Calculate the cable size for your XPower 1200 Plus or XPower 1750
Plus
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Select the correct fuses or circuit breakers
Study Figures
“Configuration for Normal Loads” on page 3–2
and
“Configuration for Heavy Loads” on page 3–3
for an example of a setup
for normal or heavy loads in a vehicle. When you have decided upon your
configuration, then you can calculate battery requirements.
Figure 3-1 Configuration for Normal Loads
FROM ALTERNATOR
OR CHARGER
DEEP-CYCLE
AUXILIARY
BATTERY
VEHICLE
STARTING
BATTERY
ISOLATOR
GROUND TO
VEHICLE
CHASSIS
TO VEHICLE
GROUND TO
VEHICLE
CHASSIS
TO DC
LOADS
FUSE OR
CIRCUIT
BREAKER
DEEP-CYCLE
AUXILIARY
BATTERY
GROUND TO
VEHICLE
CHASSIS
FUSE OR
CIRCUIT
BREAKER