Xantrex 10 Owner's Manual

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Page 1  Owner’s Manual Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger...
Page 3 Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger Owner’s Manual...
Page 4 Trademarks Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger is a trademark of Xantrex International. Xantrex is a registered trademark of Xantrex International. Other trademarks, registered trademarks, and product names are the property of their respective owners and are used herein for identification purposes only.
Page 5: About This Manual
Important: serious as a caution or warning. Related Information You can find more information about Xantrex Technology Inc. as well as its products and services at www.xantrex.com 975-0251-01-01 These notes describe things that are important for you to know, but not as...
Page 7: Important Safety Instructions
3. To avoid damage, operate the equipment only within the specified AC (mains) and DC (battery) voltages. 4. Do not expose the Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger to rain, snow, spray, or bilge water. To reduce risk of fire hazard, do not cover or obstruct the ventilation openings.
Page 8: Precautions When Working With Batteries
1. Working in the vicinity of lead-acid batteries 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 contains components that tend to produce arcs or sparks. To...
Page 9: Precautions For Using Rechargeable Appliances
If acid enters your eye, immediately flood it with running cold water for at least twenty minutes and get medical attention immediately. 10. If you need to remove a battery, always remove the ground terminal from the battery first. Make sure all accessories are off so you don’t cause a spark.
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Page 11: Table Of Contents
Marine Installation- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2–10...
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Page 13: Introduction
Introduction Chapter 1 describes the features and functions of the Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger.
Page 14 Some of the external AC power is used to operate the battery charger, the rest is switched through the unit to the output. Thus, the Freedom 10 operates as a self-contained backup power system just by adding batteries. The power sharing...
Page 15: Things You Should Know
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 most cases, the unit is left on and no attention or maintenance is required. Optional remote Two optional remote control panels are available for the Freedom 10—one for...
Page 16: Electronic Protection
Power Sharing The Freedom 10 can automatically reduce the battery charger output, and therefore the AC power consumption, if appliances are turned on that threaten to trip the incoming circuit breaker. This feature can be adjusted using the remote control panel.
Page 17: Installation
Installation Chapter 2 contains information and procedures to install the Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger. Topics in this chapter include: • • • • “Installation Precautions” “Recreational Vehicle Installation” “Marine Installation” “Residential Solar Installation”...
Page 18: 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 installation in recreational vehicle (RV), residential solar installations, and marine applications. The installation instructions for each application will be discussed separately. Refer to the separate installation guide for typical installation examples.
Page 19: Key Installation Points
This could occur if the Freedom 10 is connected to the entire leg of a circuit breaker panel, then a circuit breaker on that leg is used to feed the battery charger. This will cause the unit to oscillate on and off when the unit is in inverter mode.
Page 20: Recreational Vehicle Installation
“Battery Cable Fusing” (see page 2–9). Location The following factors should be considered when planning to install the Freedom 10. 1. The chassis ground bonding lug is located on the bottom of the unit. Be sure to make this connection before bolting the unit down.
Page 21: Grounding
Grounding For safety purposes, the chassis of the Freedom 10 must be connected to your AC ground system. The chassis ground bonding lug is located on the bottom of the unit. This connector can accept two wires. The first is used to connect the unit to AC ground.
Page 22: Ac Wiring
Installation AC Wiring Use a screwdriver to remove the screws that secure the AC wiring compartment cover plate. See Figure 2-2. Figure 2-2 AC Compartment Cover Plate Screws Inside you will see that the compartment is divided into two sections, one labeled AC INPUT, the other labeled AC OUTPUT.
Page 23: Residual Current Circuit Breaker
AC input compartment. You should have about 15 cm of individually insulated brown, blue and green/yellow wire. Strip about 1 cm of insulation off each conductor and connect to the Freedom 10 pigtails: brown to brown, blue to blue and green/yellow to green/yellow.
Page 24: Dc Wiring
3.04 m from the inverter to the battery terminal. CAUTION: Reverse polarity hazard Freedom 10 negative and positive cables correctly, otherwise damage will result and the warranty will be void.
Page 25: Battery Cable Fusing
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. Figure 2-4 Fuse installation Recommended fuse: Class T JLLN 200 amp This fuse with fuse holder is available from your authorized dealer or directly from Xantrex: •...
Page 26: Marine Installation
Installation Marine Installation Before installing the inverter in a marine application, you must consider factors such as: • “Location” (see page 2–10) • “Grounding” (see page 2–11) • “Neutral Bonding” (see page 2–11) • “AC Wiring” (see page 2–12) •...
Page 27: Grounding
Grounding For safety purposes, the chassis of the Freedom 10 must be connected to your AC ground system. The chassis ground bonding lug is located on the bottom of the unit. This connector can accept two wires. The first is used to connect the unit to AC ground, the second can be used to connect other AC equipment to ground.
Page 28: Ac Wiring
Installation AC Wiring Use a screwdriver to remove the screws which secure the AC wiring compartment cover plate. Figure 2-6 AC Compartment Cover Plate Screws Inside you will see the compartment is divided into two sections, one labeled AC INPUT, the other labeled AC OUTPUT. Each side contains three pigtails: brown, blue and green/yellow.
Page 29: Residual Current Circuit Breaker
AC input compartment. You should have about 15 cm of individually insulated brown, blue and green/yellow wire. Strip about 1 cm of insulation off each conductor and connect to the Freedom 10 pigtails: brown to brown, blue to blue and green/yellow to green/yellow.
Page 30: Dc Wiring
3.04 m from the inverter to the battery terminal. CAUTION: Reverse polarity hazard Freedom 10 negative and positive cables correctly, otherwise damage will result and the warranty will be void.
Page 31: Battery Cable Fusing
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. Figure 2-8 Fuse installation Recommended fuse: Class T JLLN 200 amp This fuse with fuse holder is available from your authorized dealer or directly from Xantrex: •...
Page 32: Residential Solar Installation
“Battery Cable Fusing” (see page 2–21). Location The following factors should be considered when planning to install the Freedom 10. 1. The chassis ground bonding lug is located on the bottom of the unit. Be sure to make this connection before bolting the unit down.
Page 33: Grounding
Grounding For safety purposes, the chassis of the Freedom 10 must be connected to your AC ground system. The chassis grounding terminal is located on the bottom of the unit. This connector can accept two wires. The first is used to connect the unit to the earth grounding system, the second can be used to connect other equipment to the grounding system, through the unit.
Page 34: Ac Wiring
Use a screwdriver to remove the screws that secure the AC wiring compartment cover plate. Figure 2-10 AC Compartment Cover Plate Screws 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/yellow.
Page 35: Residual Current Circuit Breaker
AC input compartment. You should have about 15 cm of individually insulated brown, blue and green/yellow wire. Strip about 1 cm of insulation off each conductor and connect to the Freedom 10 pigtails: brown to brown, blue to blue and green/yellow to green/yellow.
Page 36: Dc Wiring
3.04 m from the inverter to the battery terminal. CAUTION: Reverse polarity hazard Freedom 10 negative and positive cables correctly, otherwise damage will result and the warranty will be void.
Page 37: Battery Cable Fusing
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. Figure 2-12 Fuse installation Recommended fuse: Class T JLLN 200 amp This fuse with fuse holder is available from your authorized dealer or directly from Xantrex: •...
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Page 39: Operation
Operation Chapter 3 describes the operation of the Freedom 10 Inverter/ Charger. Topics in this chapter include: • • • “Freedom 10 Power Switch” “Remote Control Panel” “Batteries” and “Battery Charging”...
Page 40: Freedom 10 Power Switch
Operation Freedom 10 Power Switch The power switch is located on the front panel of the Freedom 10. This switch controls power switch is turned If installed with the remote control panel, the power switch on the unit itself should be left in the If the unit is connected to external AC power, the power switch may be turned off, but the battery charger will continue to function.
Page 41: Power Switch
24 V Models This section contains information about the remote control panel for 24 V models. The remote control panel provides LED bar graphs that show system status, battery voltage, and current in both inverter and charge modes. These bar graphs can also display DIP switch positions and shutdown conditions.
Page 42: Dc Volts Bar Graph
INV/CHRG DC Volts 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 settings if the unit shuts down due to an overload.
Page 43 Figure 3-4 Freedom Remote Control Dip Switches Equalize or Three-Stage Charging (Switch #1) Cycling this switch second, then must be engaged before cycling the switch. The switch must always be left in the position. If it is left charger is engaged - this could cause battery damage. The equalizing cycle is timed to last 8 hours from the time the switch is cycled, at which point the charger resumes normal charging in the float stage.
Page 44: Dip Switch Status
DIP switch. In this mode the bottom LED will illuminate if switch 1 is on, etc. DIP switch settings are indicated for 10 seconds after which time the display returns to indicating battery voltage.
Page 45: Remote Control Wiring
The Link 2000R adds the ability to control an engine driven alternator. This precision regulator transforms an alternator into a 3 stage battery charging system like the charger in the Freedom 10. If a Link 2000 or 2000R remote is being used to control the inverter/charger, refer to the Link manual for setup and control information.
Page 46: Batteries
This section discusses how battery types, connection, and battery bank size affect the operation of your inverter/charger. Battery Types Use only deep-cycle batteries with your Freedom 10. These fall into two broad categories: wet cell and gel cell. Wet Cell Batteries True deep-cycle wet cell batteries are characterized by relatively thick plates that are alloyed with antimony.
Page 47: Battery Interconnection
No Maintenance There is no need to add water and the tops of the batteries stay clean. Also the batteries can be used in any position and are Coast Guard approved for use without a battery box. Low Self-Discharge Unlike wet cell batteries, the gel cell will hold its charge for months if left sitting Rate with no load and no float charge.
Page 48: Parallel
Another common rating is reserve capacity expressed in minutes. This is derived by placing a 25 amp load on the battery and measuring the time until the battery voltage reaches 10.5 volts. Deep-cycle batteries can be discharged about 80% before permanent damage occurs, though shallower cycling will result in much longer battery life.
Page 49 (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 operation = DC amp hours * (AC watts ÷ 12) × 1.1 × hours of operation = DC amp hours * (AC VA ÷...
Page 50: Battery Charging
In addition, use of the remote control provides the ability to periodically apply an 8-hour timed equalizing charge. 3–12 The Freedom 10 Battery Charger is on whenever there is AC power switch. 975-0251-01-01...
Page 51: Bulk Charge
Amps Traditional Charger Figure 3-7 Benefits of the Freedom Charger vs. the Traditional Taper Charger The battery charger stages are: • Stage 1—Bulk Charge. 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.
Page 52: Equalizing Batteries
Operation • Stage 3—Float Charge. When the acceptance 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 off and the unit monitors the battery voltage while it drifts down from the bulk charge voltage limit.
Page 53: Charging Over-Discharged Batteries
DC load as possible. Then, set DIP switches 7 and 8 to the limit the amount of charge current and the resulting ripple voltage. After the battery voltage has reached 10 volts (20 volts in a 24-volt system), these switches can be set to their previous positions.
Page 54: Battery Charger Voltage Settings
Operation Battery Charger Voltage Settings Table 3-5 Battery Charger Voltage Settings Battery Type and Temperature 12-volt wet cell warm temperature 12-volt wet cell cool temperature 12-volt gel cell warm temperature 12-volt gel cell cool temperature 24-volt wet cell warm temperature 24-volt wet cell cool temperature 24-volt gel cell...
Page 55: Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting Chapter 4 contains information and procedures to troubleshoot the . This chapter also describes how to use the DC Amps Freedom 10 LED bar graph on the remote control to troubleshoot the unit.
Page 56: Using The Remote Control Dc Amps Led Bar Graph
Troubleshooting Using the Remote Control DC Amps LED Bar Graph The remote control LEDs are numbered by counting up from the bottom. LED Number 9 and 10 Troubleshooting Guide Problem No inverter output Low inverter output voltage Little or no...
Page 57: Specifications
Specifications Appendix A contains the electrical and physical specifications for the Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger. All specifications are subject to change without notice.
Page 58: Specifications
* voltages will vary depending on temperature and the selected battery type. A–2 Nominal Battery Voltage 12 VDC 24 VDC 10.0 to 15.5 VDC 20 to 31 VDC 10 VDC 20 VDC 180 to 260 VAC 0.005% @ 50 Hz 1000 VA 230 VAC ±...
Page 59: B Glossary
Glossary Appendix B contains a glossary of terms used in this manual. This appendix also defines some common electrical terms and concepts.
Page 60: Glossary Of Terms
Glossary Glossary of Terms Alternating Current (AC) Ampere (Amp, A) Ampere-hour (Amp-hr. AH) AH Capacity Circuit Circuit (Series) Circuit (Parallel) Current Cycle Dip Switch Direct Current (DC) Current that flows continuously in one direction such as that from Discharging (Discharge) B–2 An electric current that reverses direction at regular intervals.
Page 61 Equalize Charge Gel Cell Battery Ground Negative Ohm’s Law Positive Power sharing RCCB Volt Volt Amps (VA) Watt Watt-Hour (WATT- HR, WH) Wet Cell Battery 975-0251-01-01 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.
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Page 63: Warranty And Return Information
What does this warranty cover? and covers defects in workmanship and materials in your Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger. This warranty period lasts for 24 months from the date of purchase at the point of sale to you, the original end user customer. You require proof of purchase to make warranty claims.
Page 64 HARGER IN CONNECTION WITH LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS OR OTHER MEDICAL EQUIPMENT OR DEVICES. Please note that the Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger is not intended for use as an uninterruptible power supply and Xantrex makes no warranty or representation in connection with any use of the product for such purposes.
Page 65: Return Material Authorization Policy
Out of Warranty Service If the warranty period for your Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger has expired, if the unit was damaged by misuse or incorrect installation, if other conditions of the warranty have not been met, or if no dated proof of purchase is available, your unit may be serviced or replaced for a flat fee.
Page 66: Information About Your System
Warranty and Return Information About Your System As soon as you open your Freedom 10 Inverter/Charger package, record the following information and be sure to keep your proof of purchase. p Serial Number (on DC end) p Purchased From p Purchase Date If you need to contact Customer Service, please record the following details before calling.
Page 68 Xantrex Technology Inc. 34 93 470 5330 Tel 34 93 473 6093 Fax support.europe@xantrex.com www.xantrex.com 975-0251-01-01 Printed in China...

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