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Free Battery Backup Runtime Calculator

How long a battery backup will power a load.

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Runtime

5.67 hours

340 minutes

Usable energy1,700 Wh

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Short answer

How long a battery backup will power a load.

What is the Battery Backup Runtime Calculator?

How long a battery backup will power a load.

How does the Battery Backup Runtime Calculator work?

Enter the inputs above and read the result.

Formula

Runtime = (Capacity × Efficiency) ÷ Load

Variables

  • WhWatt-hours of stored energy

Explanation

Inverter and conversion losses reduce the usable energy below the rated battery capacity.

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            Related concepts

            The Battery Backup Runtime Calculator sits inside the Everyday & Utility Calculators hub, in the home & energy cluster. Utility usage and household running costs. Understanding the terms below makes the output easier to interpret and easier to compare against neighbouring measures.

            kilowatt-hourtariffstandby loadefficiency rating

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            Understanding Battery Backup Runtime

            How long a battery backup will power a load. Within everyday & utility calculators, battery backup runtime belongs to the home & energy cluster, where it shares terminology and assumptions with closely related tools.

            Learning how battery backup runtime is calculated

            Inverter and conversion losses reduce the usable energy below the rated battery capacity. Working through the variables one at a time — Wh — makes the result reproducible by hand and easier to sanity-check.

            Using battery backup runtime to make a decision

            Because outputs depend on the assumptions you enter, run more than one scenario before committing to a figure.

            How battery backup runtime compares with related measures

            kilowatt-hour, tariff, standby load, efficiency rating all describe adjacent aspects of home & energy. Comparing this calculator's output against those measures — using the related tools listed on this page — prevents a single metric from being read in isolation.

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