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Fr eedom 10 Inverter/Char g er Owner’ s Manual [...]

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Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger Owner’s Manual[...]

About Xantrex Xantrex T echnology Inc. is a w orld-leading supplier of ad va nced power electronics and controls with prod ucts from 50 watt mobile units to one MW utility-scale systems for wind, solar , batteries , fuel cells , microturbines, and backup power applications in both gri d-co nnected and stand-alon e systems. Xan trex products include[...]

975-0251-01-01 iii About This Manual Purpose The purpose of this Owner ’ s Manual is to provide explanations and proced ures for installing, op erating, maintaining, and troubleshooting the Freedo m 10 Inverter/ Charger. Scope The Manual provides safety gu idelines, detailed planning and setup information, procedures for installing the inverter ,[...]

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975-0251-01-01 v Important Safety Instructions 1. Before installing and using the Fr eedom 10 Inverter/Char g er, read all instructions and cautionary markings on the Freedom 10 Inverter/Char ger, the batteries, and all appropriat e sections of this guide. 2. For continued protection against the po ssibility of fire, replace the fuse only with a fu[...]

Safety vi 975-0251-01-01 Explosive gas precautions 1. W orking in the vicinity of lead-acid ba tteries is dangerous. Batteries generate explosive gases during normal operation. Therefore, you must read this guide and follow the instructions exactly before installing or using your Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger. 2. This equipment cont ains components t[...]

Safety 975-0251-01-01 vii 8. W ear complete eye prot ection and clothing protect ion. A void touching your eyes while working near batteries. 9. If battery acid contacts skin or clothing, wash immediately with soap and water . If acid enters your eye, immediat ely flood it with runn ing cold water for at least twenty minutes and get medi cal attent[...]

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975-0251-01-01 ix Important Safety Instructions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - v 1 Introduction Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1–2 Things You Should Know - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[...]

Contents x 975-0251-01-01 3 Operation Freedom 10 Power Switch - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3–2 Remote Control Panel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3–2 12 V Models - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -[...]

1 Intr oduction Chapter 1 describes the features and functions of the Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger.[...]

Introduction 1–2 975-0251-01-01 Introduction This Owner ’ s Manual describes the Xantrex Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger. This unit performs four distinct functions: 1. DC to AC power inverting 2. Automatic transfer switching between inverter power and incoming AC power 3. Three-stage automatic battery chargi ng plus manual battery equalizing 4. AC[...]

T hings Y ou Should Know 975-0251-01-01 1–3 DC power supply W ith an external AC source connected, the Freedom 10 charger also serves the functions of an AC to DC converter to supply all of the DC loads that are connected to the battery . Simple, automatic operation is made possible by the microprocessor that is the brain of the Freedom 10. In mo[...]

Introduction 1–4 975-0251-01-01 Electronic Protection Fast-acting electronic circuits protect the inverter from extreme overloads, low and high battery voltage and over-tempera ture. They can be reset by cycling the power switch of f and on. The fault conditio n must be eliminated before reset will occur . For example, remove the overload, rechar[...]

2 Installation Chapter 2 contains information and procedures to install the Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger. T opics in this chapter include: • “Installation Precautions” • “Recreational V ehicle Installation” • “Marine Installation” • “Residential Solar I nstallation”[...]

Installation 2–2 975-0251-01-01 Installation Precautions Application Information The Freedom 10 is provided with integral electronic protection against AC and DC overloads. Appropriate Applications The Freedom 10 is appropriate for inst allation in recreational vehicle (R V), residential solar installations, and ma rine applications. The installa[...]

Installation Precautions 975-0251-01-01 2–3 K ey Installation P oints • Observe proper polarity wh en connecti n g batte r ies . Reverse DC polarity will result in damage to the Freedom 10. • Do not backfeed the AC output of th e inverter with incoming AC power . Double check all aspects of your AC wiring for the possibility of backfeeding. A[...]

Installation 2–4 975-0251-01-01 Recreational V ehicle Installation Before installing the inverter in a recrea ti onal vehicle, you must consider factors such as: • “Location” (see page 2–4) • “Grounding” (see page 2–5) • “Neutral Bonding” (see page 2–5) • “AC W iring” (see page 2–6) • “Residual Current Circuit [...]

Recreational V e hicle Installation 975-0251-01-01 2–5 4. Allow 13 cm (minimum) of clearance around the un it and allow for a supply of fresh air to the cooling fan. Do not block any of the vents or louvers. The fan pulls air from outside the unit. It blows the air across the intern al components, particularly the transforme r and heat sinks, the[...]

Installation 2–6 975-0251-01-01 AC Wi r i n g Use a screwdriver to remove the screws that secure the AC wiring compartment cover plate. See Figure 2-2. Inside you will see that the compartment is divided into two sections, one labeled AC INPUT , the other labeled AC OUTPUT . Each side contains three pigtails: blue, brown, green/yell ow . W ire nu[...]

Recreational V e hicle Installation 975-0251-01-01 2–7 AC Input Route the 3-conductor AC inpu t wires through the cover p late knockouts and into the AC input compartment. Y ou should have about 15 cm of individually insulated brown, blue and green/yellow wire. Strip about 1 cm of insulation o ff each conductor and conn ect to the Freedom 10 pigt[...]

Installation 2–8 975-0251-01-01 DC W iring T wo battery cables are provided with the unit. Both are black. The positive (+) cable has a piece of red heat shrink insulation on the end. Keep in mind that high current will pass through the DC wiring. A ll wires must be proper ly sized and all connections clean and tight. It is recommended that the b[...]

Recreational V e hicle Installation 975-0251-01-01 2–9 Battery Cable Fusing A fuse is required for safety reasons to protect the battery and cables. The fuse must be installed in the positive battery cable, within 45.7 cm of the battery . Recommended fuse: Class T JLLN 200 amp This fuse with fuse holder is available from your authorized dealer or[...]

Installation 2–10 975-0251-01-01 Marine Installation Before installing the inverter in a marine application, you must consider factors such as: • “Location” (see page 2–10) • “Grounding” (see page 2–1 1) • “Neutral Bonding” (see page 2–1 1) • “AC W iring” (see page 2–12) • “Residual Current Circuit Breaker” ([...]

Marine Installation 975-0251-01-01 2–11 4. Allow 13 cm (minimum) of clearance around the un it and allow for a supply of fresh air to the cooling fan. Do not block any of the vents or louvers. The fan pulls air from outside the unit. It blows the air across the intern al components, particularly the transforme r and heat sinks, then out the side [...]

Installation 2–12 975-0251-01-01 AC Wi r i n g Use a screwdriver to remove the screws wh ich secure the AC wiring compartme nt cover plate. Inside you will see the comp artment is divided into tw o sections, one label ed AC INPUT , the other labeled AC OUTP UT . Each side contains three pigtails: brown, blue and green/yellow . Wire nut connectors[...]

Marine Installation 975-0251-01-01 2–13 AC Input Route the 3-conductor AC inpu t wires through the cover p late knockouts and into the AC input compartment. Y ou should have about 15 cm of individually insulated brown, blue and green/yellow wire. Strip about 1 cm of insulation o ff each conductor and conn ect to the Freedom 10 pigtails: brown to [...]

Installation 2–14 975-0251-01-01 DC W iring T wo battery cables are provided with the unit. Both are black. The positive (+) cable has a piece of red heat shrink insulation on the end. Keep in mind that high current will pass through the DC wiring. A ll wires must be proper ly sized and all connections clean and tight. It is recommended that the [...]

Marine Installation 975-0251-01-01 2–15 Battery Cable Fusing A fuse is required for safety reasons to protect the battery and cables. The fuse must be installed in the positive battery cable, within 45.7 cm of the battery . Recommended fuse: Class T JLLN 200 amp This fuse with fuse holder is available from your authorized dealer or directly from [...]

Installation 2–16 975-0251-01-01 Residential Solar Installation Before installing the inverter in a residen tial solar application, you must consider factors such as: • “Location” (see page 2–16) • “Grounding” (see page 2–17) • “Neutral Bonding” (see page 2–17) • “AC W iring” (see page 2–18) • “Residual Current[...]

Residential Solar Installation 975-0251-01-01 2–17 4. Allow 13 cm (minimum) of clearance around the un it and allow for a supply of fresh air to the cooling fan. Do not block any of the vents or louvers. 5. The mounting location should be as close to the batteries as possible. The battery cables can be extended, however each cable must not be ove[...]

Installation 2–18 975-0251-01-01 AC Wi r i n g Use a screwdriver to remove the screws that secure the AC wiring compartment cover plate. Inside you will see that the compartment is divided into two sections, one labeled AC INPUT , the other labeled AC OUTPUT . Each side contains three pigtails: brown, blue, green/yell ow . W ire nut connectors ar[...]

Residential Solar Installation 975-0251-01-01 2–19 AC Input Route the 3-conductor AC inpu t wires through the cover p late knockouts and into the AC input compartment. Y ou should have about 15 cm of individually insulated brown, blue and green/yellow wire. Strip about 1 cm of insulation o ff each conductor and conn ect to the Freedom 10 pigtails[...]

Installation 2–20 975-0251-01-01 DC W iring T wo battery cables are provided with the unit. Both are black. The positive (+) cable has a piece of red heat shrink insulation on the end. Keep in mind that high current will pass through the DC wiring. A ll wires must be proper ly sized and all connections clean and tight. It is recommended that the [...]

Residential Solar Installation 975-0251-01-01 2–21 Battery Cable Fusing A fuse is required for safety reasons to protect the battery and cables. The fuse must be installed in the positive battery cable, within 45.7 cm of the battery . Recommended fuse: Class T JLLN 200 amp This fuse with fuse holder is available from your authorized dealer or dir[...]

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3 Oper ation Chapter 3 describes the operation of the Freedom 10 Inverter/ Charger. T opics in this chapter include: • “Freedom 10 Power Switch” • “Remote Control Panel” • “Batteries” and “Battery Char ging”[...]

Operation 3–2 975-0251-01-01 Freedom 10 P ower Switch The power switch is located on the front panel of the Freedom 10. Th is switch controls ON / OFF an d RESET for the inverter . Expect a 3-second delay when the power switch is turned ON before the unit is activated. If installed with the remote control pa nel, the power switch on the unit itse[...]

Remote Control P anel 975-0251-01-01 3–3 24 V Models This section contains information about th e remote control panel for 24 V models. The remote control panel p rovides LED ba r graphs that show system status, battery voltage, and current in both inverter and char ge modes. These bar graphs can also display DIP switch po sitions and shutdown co[...]

Operation 3–4 975-0251-01-01 DC V olts Bar Graph These LEDs indicate battery voltage as measured inside the Freedom 10. Each LED segment indicates 1 volt. The DC volts bar graph will stop indicating battery voltage and display the DIP switch settin gs if the unit shuts down due to an overload. It will return to indicating batte ry voltage only af[...]

Remote Control P anel 975-0251-01-01 3–5 Equalize or Thr ee-S tage Charging (Switch #1) Cycling this switch ON for 1 second, then OFF , will initiate an equalizing char ge cycle. The battery char ger must be engaged before cycling th e switch . The switch mu st alwa ys be left in the OFF position. If it is left ON , an equalizing charge cycl e wi[...]

Operation 3–6 975-0251-01-01 Idle Sensitivity (Switch #5 and 6) Most installations will be connected to the electrical system. With no appliances turned on, this represents a small load. This is due to the capacitance of the wires. Using a trial and error process, the idle circuit can be adjusted until the unit will detect small load s but still [...]

Link 2000 Remote Control P anel 975-0251-01-01 3–7 * Default setting. ** Refer to volta ges under “Ba ttery Charger V oltage Settings”. Remote Control W iring The remote control panel is su pplied with 7.62 m or 15 .24 m of RJ1 1 remote cable. The cable supp lied may have 6 conductors; howev er , only 4 conductors are required. Y ou may buy s[...]

Operation 3–8 975-0251-01-01 Batteries This section discusses how ba ttery types, co nnection, and battery bank size affect the operation of yo ur inverter/charger . Battery T ypes Use only deep-cycle batteri es with your Freedom 10 . These fall into two broad categories: wet cell and gel cell. W et Cell Batteries T rue deep-cycle wet cell batter[...]

Batteries 975-0251-01-01 3–9 No Maintenance There is no need to add water and the tops of th e batteries stay clean. Also the batteries can be used in any position an d are Coast Guard approved for use without a battery box. Low Self-Discharge Rate Unlike wet cell batteries, the gel cell will hol d its char ge for months if left sitting with no l[...]

Operation 3–10 975-0251-01-01 P arallel Connecting two batteries in parallel w ill double the amp hour rating of the battery bank, while the volt age will be the same as each individual battery . For example, two 12 volt 10 5 amp-hour batteries in pa rallel will produce one 12-volt, 210 amp-hour batte ry ba nk. Only similar batteries sho uld be c[...]

Batteries 975-0251-01-01 3–11 T o calculate amp-hour consumption, first look at the rating plate on your AC appliances. Each appliance will be rated in either AC amps or AC watts or AC V A (volt-amps) apparent power . Use one of the following formulas to calculate the DC amp-hour draw for a 12-volt system: (AC amps × 10) × 1.1 × hours of opera[...]

Operation 3–12 975-0251-01-01 Battery Charging Completely rechar ging wet cell deep-cyc le batteries requires that the battery voltage be raised beyond what is known as the gassing point. This is the voltage at which the battery b egin s to bubble and gas is given o ff. If charging stops short of this point, sulfate is left on the plates and dete[...]

Battery Charging 975-0251-01-01 3–13 The battery charger stages are: • Stage 1—Bulk Char ge. During the bulk charge stage most of the charge current is delivered to the battery bank . This phase is engaged as soon as the battery charger is activated. Full rate d char ger current is delivered to the battery bank until the bulk char ge volta ge[...]

Operation 3–14 975-0251-01-01 • Stage 3—Float Char ge . When the accep tance stage is terminated, either because the charge current ramped down to 6 to 7 amps (3 to 4 amps for a 24-volt system) or the timer engaged, battery charger current will shut of f and the unit monitors the battery voltag e while it drifts down from the bulk charge volt[...]

Battery Charging 975-0251-01-01 3–15 Equalizing is not required on gel cell batteries. Y ou will note that if the DIP switches are set in one of the two gel ce ll positions, the equaliz ing char ge voltage is the same as the bulk ch ar ge voltage, therefor e equaliz ing is equivalent t o an 8- hour acceptance stage a nd is not harmful. Equalize c[...]

Operation 3–16 975-0251-01-01 Battery Charge r V oltage Settings ** When set for gel cells, the equalize mode is disabled. T able 3-5 Battery Charger V oltage Settings Battery T ype and T e mperature Acceptance V oltage/ Max Time Float V oltage Equalize V oltage 12-volt wet cell warm temperature 14. 0 / 1 hour 13.1 15.8 12-volt wet cell cool temp[...]

4 T r oubleshooting Chapter 4 contains information an d procedures to troubleshoot the Freedom 10 . This chapter also describes how to use the DC Amps LED bar graph on the remote c ontrol to troubleshoot the unit.[...]

T roubleshooting 4–2 975-0251-01-01 Using the Remote Control DC Amps LED Bar Gr aph The remote control LEDs are numbered by counting up from the bottom. T roubleshooting Guide LED Number Indication 1 Illuminates if the uni t shuts down for any reason. 2 Over-temperature . Allow to cool. 3 The unit detected a failure. Call Xantrex technical suppor[...]

A Specifications Appendix A contains the electrical and physical specifications for the Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger. All specifications are subjec t to change without notice.[...]

Specifications A–2 975-0251-01-01 Specifications * voltages will vary depending on temperature and the selected battery type. Nominal Battery V oltage 12 VDC 24 VDC Battery V oltage Range 10.0 to 1 5.5 VDC 20 to 31 V DC Low Battery Cutout 10 VDC 20 VDC AC Input V oltag e Range 180 to 26 0 V AC Frequency Regulation 0.005% @ 50 H z Inverter Output [...]

B Glossary Appendix B contains a glossary of terms used in this manual. This appendix also defines some common electrical terms and concepts.[...]

Glossary B–2 975-0251-01-01 Glossary of T erms Alternating Current (AC) An electric current that reverses dir ection at regular in tervals. Sources of alternating current are shore po wer, utility power , inverter output power , generat or power or household current. Ampere (Amp, A) The unit of measure of electr on flow rate of current through a [...]

Glossary of T erms 975-0251-01-01 B–3 Equalize Charge A controlled overcharge of the batteries which brings all cells up to the same voltage potential, extends the battery life, restores capacity and mixes the electrolyte. Gel Cell Battery A type of battery that uses a gelled electrolyte solution. These batteries are sealed and are virtuall y mai[...]

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975-0251-01-01 WA–1 W arranty and Return Information Wa r r a n t y What does this warranty cover? Th is Limited W arranty is pro vided by Xantrex T echnology Inc. ("Xantrex " ) and covers defects in workmanshi p and materials in your Freedom 10 Inv erter/Charger. This warranty period lasts for 24 months from the date of purchase at the[...]

W arranty and Return WA–2 975-0251-01-01 What does this warranty not cover? This Li mi ted W arranty does no t c over normal wear and tear of the product or costs related to the removal, installat ion , or tr oubleshooting of the custom er's electri cal sy stems. This warranty does not apply to and Xant rex will no t be responsi ble for any [...]

W arranty and Return 975-0251-01-01 WA–3 Return Material Authorization P olicy Before returning a product direct ly to Xantrex y ou must obtai n a Return Material Authorization (RMA) numb er and the correct factory "Ship T o" address. Products must also be shippe d prep aid. Product shipments will be refused and returned at your expense[...]

W arranty and Return WA–4 975-0251-01-01 Information About Y our System As soon as you open your Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger pack age, record the fo llowing information and be sure to keep your proof of purchase. If you need to contact Custo mer Servi ce, please record the following details be fore calling. This information will help our represen[...]

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