User manual COBRA CPI850

[. . . ] Introduction Intro Our Thanks to You Operation Customer Warranty Thank you for purchasing Assistance the Cobra CPI 850 inverter. Properly used, this Cobra product will give you many years of reliable service. Operating Instructions How Your Cobra Power Inverter Works Installation Notes The Cobra power inverter is an electronic product that has been designed and built to take low voltage DC (Direct Secondary Icons Current) power from your automobile or other low voltage power supplies and convert it to standard 115 Volt AC (Alternating Current) power like the current you have in your home. This conversion process thereby allows you to use many of your householdCaution appliances Warningelectronic and Notice products in automobiles, RVs, boats, tractors, trucks and virtually anywhere else. Main Icons The Cobra line of quality products includes: Customer Assistance Intro CB Radios microTALK® Radios Radar/Laser Detectors Safety Alert® Traffic Warning Systems Handheld GPS Receivers Mobile GPS Navigation Systems HighGear® Accessories CobraMarineTM VHF Radios Power Inverters Accessories Secondary Icons Customer Assistance Assistance Should you encounter any problems with this product, or not understand its many features, please refer to this owner's manual. [. . . ] Thoroughly ventilate the battery compartment before making this connection. Notice Caution Connect Power Source er ce Warranty Notes n Warning CAUTION Do not connect the inverter and another AC source (such as a generator or utility power) to the AC wiring at the same time. The inverter will be damaged if its output is connected to AC voltage from another source. CAUTION Do not connect the inverter to an AC branch circuit that has high-power consumption loads. It will not operate electric heaters, air conditioners, stoves, and other electrical appliances that consume more than 800 watts. CAUTION Loose connectors result in excessive voltage drop and may cause over heated wires and melted insulation. 8 English Nothing comes close to a Cobra® 9 Intro Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Installation Installation Power Consumption Notes Intro Operation Intro Operation Power On and Off Operation Customer Assistance Warranty Power Consumption Secondary Icons · Be sure to have your power inverter properly installed before Installation Notes attempting to turn the unit on (see installation page 5). Secondary Icons To turn the power inverter on: On/Off Switch to On Installation Notes Main Icons 1. If a DC power supply is being Secondary Icons used as the power source, switch it on. Warranty Intro Operation Customer Caution Warning Notice The inverter is now ready toAssistance AC power to your loads. deliver If several loads are to be operated by the inverter, turn them Main Icons on separately, after the inverter has been turned on. This Intro Operation Customer Warranty will ensure that the inverter does not have to deliver the Assistance Installation starting currents required for all the loads at once. Notes To determine the battery ampere-hour To turn the power inverter off: On/Off SwitchIcons Secondary to Off capacity you require: Warranty On the left side panel, Intro Operation Customer 1. Determine how many watts each piece of equipment Notes switch the On/Off Switch consumes. If only the current draw is given, multiply the Notice Caution Warning current draw by 115 to get the watt consumption. NOTE The On/Off Switch turns the control circuit Installation Notes in the inverter on and off. Estimate the time (in hours) that each piece of equipment power from the inverter. Notice Caution Warning For each piece of equipment you will be operating from the inverter, you must determine the battery's reserve capacity (how long the battery can deliver a specific amount of current ­ in automotive batteries, usually 25 amperes) or ampere-hour capacity (a measure of how many amperes Warning Caution Notice a battery can deliver for a specified length of time). Example ­ Reserve capacity: a battery with a reserve capacity of 180 minutes can deliver 25 amperes for 180 minutes before it is completely discharged. Example ­ Ampere-hour capacity: a battery with an ampere-hour capacity of 100 ampere-hours can deliver 5 amperes for 20 hours before it is completely discharged. Calculate the total watt-hours of energy consumption (power x operating time) using the average power consumption and the total estimated running time (in hours). Power x Operating Time = Watt-Hours. Laptop TV/VCR (up to 25") Blender · Assistance Turning Your Inverter On or Off Customer Warranty Notice NOTE When the switch is in the off position, the inverter draws no current from the battery. When it's Caution on position, but no power is being in the Warning supplied to the load, the inverter draws less than 500 milliamperes from the battery. It would take more than a week to discharge a 100 ampere-hour battery at this rate depending on the age of the battery. 50 watts x 2 hours = 100 watt-hours 115 watts x 3 hours = 345 watt-hours 300 watts x 15 minutes = 75 watt-hours 4. [. . . ] . Overload, short-circuit, overtemp, reverse polarity, under/over voltage Notes All protection is automatically recovered. To protect the battery, if the unit needs to be restarted after low voltage protection, the voltage of DC input should be above 12V. The unit is completely insulated in input and output for added safety. Nothing comes close to a Cobra® 15 Warranty Customer Assistance Warranty Warranty and Trademark Acknowledgement Intro Customer Assistance Operation Customer Maintenance and Product Service Warranty Limited Two-Year Warranty · Maintenance Assistance · For Products Purchased in the U. S. A. Cobra Electronics Corporation warrants that its Cobra power inverter, and the component parts thereof, will be free of defects in workmanship and materials for a period of two years from the date Notes of first consumer purchase. This warranty may be enforced by the Secondary Icons first consumer purchaser, provided that the product is utilized within the U. S. A. [. . . ]