Power Consumption

**razdigital** · 04-20-2005, 01:09 PM

Whats the power consumption if you have a EPIA m1000 and opus power supply?

How long before you have to change the car battery. Is there any way to install a secondary battery that's dedicated to Car PC?

**Cris** · 04-20-2005, 01:30 PM

Relax, the Opus uses little reserves of power, you'll definatly not need a second battery. I've kept mine on with the engine off for about 7 hours, and the car started without a single problem. (well, my battery is new, and it has 10Amps more than the stock one...)

**Change** · 04-20-2005, 01:56 PM

Don't do that too often though, car batteries don't like being drawn down repeatedly. If you want to be able to do that without shortening the battery life, look at deep-cycle batteries. Check out this battery FAQ: http://www.windsun.com/Batteries/Battery_FAQ.htm