How long will it keep warm using a 17 ah battery (Schumacher XP 2260 portable power source) on a low setting?Thank you
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I believe it draws around 6 amps/hr. If you know (or can calculate) the total amps in your battery, you can divide it out to get approximate hours of use. In my camper using a deep cycle battery I can easily use on medium for two nights without a problem.
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I use it on my semi truck. It last long. The longest I used was 8 hours without low batt signal. On yours I'm not sure.
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I'm not sure but it doesn't do much on low settings. We used it on high and it uses a lot of power. I use it with a deep cycle AGM battery and it plus a 12 volt Dometic fridge will challenge my battery overnight.
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1-2 hours, depending on the condition of the battery. The heater draws over 7-amps.You really need a much bigger battery. Deeply discharging the battery frequently will significantly shorten the battery's lifespan.We use ours in a motorhome to preheat the bed in the evening, running it for about a 1/2 hour.It draws too much power to leave it on overnight unless we have shore power.
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I don't know about the battery itself getting hot. I typically use my computer on my lap so I put the laptop on a cooking pad.
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This depends on how large your battery is, it draws under 1 amp, so if you have a 100 ah battery it will run for 100 hours.
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HI Edward, I have 3 of these batteries in a high school marching band trailer (big semi trailer). We use them to power LED lights inside and outside the trailer (and have a solar panel to charge them). They sit about 12 feet off the ground, up high inside the trailer, which gets very hot inside during the day. We are in Texas, where it gets very hot during the summer. We've had the batteries (3 of them) about a year now, and no issues so far!! Let me know if you have other questions, I'm very happy with these batteries so far!! Brent Jensen bjensen@us.ibm.com
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You should be able to hold the storage battery power that is not used in one sitting for at least a week. I have not used it after an on the go quick cell charge and then didn't use it again for as mentioned above.. A week and I still had the same charge it had when I turned it off. I think that heat and extreme cases of cold conditions definitely play a role. Obviously try to keep it at room temperature and not leave it plugged in past the fully charged Mark. This will extend the life of this great product. I have had it for a good 8months. And not a single complaint!
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I've run mine for 15 minutes continuously on the highest speed and on gave it a 5 minutes break before moving on to another task. It does get warm but it should not be hot.
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Seems to get pretty warm but I wouldn't consider it hot. Really like the way it works. I have it hooked to two batteries in my fishing boat and just hook it up after fishing and let it charge and maintain the battery.
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It will wear down the battery if left in all the time. Wenleave ours plugged in while traveling, and unplug it overnight. It stays cold.
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I think you would need to check the amp hour rateing of the battery to know if it will last long enough under a slight draw. I think this battery was designed more for high cold cranking output which is does very well for its size and weight. Battery feels so light you think it is hollow.
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Hi Elizabeth. I'm using an Exide MC-31 MEGACYCLE AGM-200 (AGM) Marine Battery. Fully charged, this battery can keep the refer at 38 degrees for several days (depending on outside temp). I would not recommend running this off of a car battery/alternator.
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Get a temperature compensated battery maintainer. Your battery will last longer and you will use less juice at the plug.
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If the heating pad does not have a built in thermostat (and I'm guessing it may not because I do not see any module protruding from it), the heating pad will continue to heat the battery. This would not be desired when it warms up. I would only use the heating pad when when the weather is very frigid. I would use the pad only when the outside temperature goes below 10 degrees F. Those are the days when you need it. Otherwise you might cook your battery.
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I have used mine in temperatures as low as 20 below zero (for a string of 5 days) and it functioned flawlessly. The one draw back is the battery life is somewhat reduced by the cold temps. Hope this helps.
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Battery seems to stay charged about 3-4 hours. Don't notice it getting any hotter than normal with this battery.
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Battery fully charged last about 2 hours and 40 minutes. However, the power consumption settings for your laptop and the laptop's own power consumption. The battery does not get hot. My laptop does get warm.
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I have no issues with this battery. I run my laptop for hours at a time typically, so I keep it plugged in. If you were to run as little as possible, I'd say it would probably last an hour or two.
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From what I can tell so far, when running continuous on high, the battery only last around an hour. But that probably isnt real accurate. My uses are on and off a lot. I dont usually run it for more than a few minutes at a time. I do know that this light does get hot to the touch when its been on for an extended period of time.