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Freedom Lite Home and
Range of Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery Modules
Kimbult Industrial Park, Unit C3 & C4
9 Zeiss Road
Laser Park, Honeydew
2040
South Africa
www.freedomwon.co.za
Technical and Installation Assistance – Contact:
Please contact your Freedom Won Distributor or Reseller Installer for technical and installation
support. A directory of Distributors and Reseller Installers is available at www.freedomwon.co.za.
For advanced support please contact support@freedomwon.co.za.
Update Record:
Revision
Update Summary
Number
12
Incorporated new model names and warranty
to reflect guaranteed performance at 80%
average DoD
13
Updated dimensions and weights of 5/4, 10/8,
15/12 and 20/16 models to new design.
Business
Manufactured By Freedom Won (Pty) Ltd
Updated By
Date of Issue
Antony English
28 April 2020
Antony English
13 August 2020
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- Page 1 South Africa www.freedomwon.co.za Technical and Installation Assistance – Contact: Please contact your Freedom Won Distributor or Reseller Installer for technical and installation support. A directory of Distributors and Reseller Installers is available at www.freedomwon.co.za. For advanced support please contact support@freedomwon.co.za.
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Page 2: Product Description
This manual does not attempt to cover all the details pertaining to the setup of third-party equipment in relation to the interface and necessary functionality to work with the Lite. Freedom Won however is available at the contact details on page one to provide direct support where necessary for supported inverter brands. - Page 3 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 Table 2.1 provides an overview of the 52V Freedom Lite Home and Business range. There are eight Freedom Lite models in the Home and Business range, as included in the table, classified in terms of energy capacity. An image with numbered labels pertaining to the following paragraphs is provided in Figure 2.1.
- Page 4 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 Figure 2.1 Labelled Image of the Freedom Lite Home 15/12 (Labelling corresponds with the text) [14] [13] [10] [11] [12] [15] 1. Gross Capacity 2. 80% Capacity recommended for daily cycling (max available is 90%) 3.
- Page 5 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 5. Location of DB15 Analogue and Relay Control Port on older models (note that from 9 September 2019 this port is no longer provided owing to migration of all interfacing to CAN Bus) 6. CAN Bus Sockets x 2 (RJ45) (one socket must contain a termination resistor if end of line) 7.
- Page 6 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 Table 2.1 Freedom Lite Range Overview Freedom Lite Home Home Home Home Home Business Business Business 10/8 15/12 20/16 30/24 40/32 60/48 80/64 Total Energy Capacity [kWh] Energy, 80% DoD [kWh] Energy, 90% DoD [kWh] 13,5 Current Capacity [Ah] 1200...
- Page 7 The required profile is typically loaded by Freedom Won prior to delivery but installers are advised to obtain the correct cable to allow Freedom Won or the distributor to program batteries remotely on behalf of the installer via the installer’s Windows laptop, if necessary.
- Page 8 Freedom Won will fit them into the unit on site. This must be arranged with Freedom Won at the time of order placement and will attract a nominal fee for labour plus transport and accommodation where applicable.
- Page 9 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 The “Home” series is designed for wall mounting to preserve room and floor space and offer a convenient obstruction free and aesthetically pleasing solution. Each model is fitted to the wall using two Rawl Bolts. The Rawl Bolts are inserted into correct diameter predrilled holes in the wall.
- Page 10 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 have one M12 x 1,75 thread eye bolt rated for 450kg or more for the models that are not supplied with permanently fixed eye bolts. Lifting the batteries by the eye bolts should be performed using a mobile gantry crane or a high lift pallet jack.
- Page 11 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 is shown in Figure 3.5. This gantry is available from Freedom Won as an accessory and is available with various gantry widths. Figure 3.4 High Lift Pallet Jack Models up to Lite Home 20/16 are fitted with lifting or manoeuvring handles to make placement easier.
- Page 12 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 Fig 3.5 Site Assembled Gantry with Electric Hoist Caution: 1. Great care must be taken to ensure that the Rawl Bolt has properly located into the narrowed section of the mounting hole before removing the support. 2.
- Page 13 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 9. Always ensure that you have enough people on hand to perform the operation safely, i.e. at least one person to guide and stabilise and one person to hoist or handle the pallet jack or gantry. 10.
- Page 14 – please refer to the respective inverter brands manuals for their pin configuration or contact Freedom Won for assistance. The special SMA cable is available from Freedom Won.
- Page 15 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 If hard wired or relay control is required, please contact Freedom Won to discuss your options. A common example or where a relay control from the battery may be desired is to control an alternator with a remote enable function (in boats and RV’s).
- Page 16 (second) plug. The Lite resistor plugs are available from the inverter manufacturer and from Freedom Won. Ingeteam has a separate CAN terminal block for bare wires to be inserted from the BMS and these units have an internal resistor fitted into the device.
- Page 17 Table 5.1 using the jumpers supplied with the X-Com CAN unit MLT Drives Pin 5 (blue/ Pin 4 (blue) white) Socomec Enquire with Freedom Won Koyoe Enquire with Freedom Won ATESS Open terminals Sunsynk Pin 5 (blue/ Pin 4 (blue)
- Page 18 Pin 4 (blue) white) If your inverter is not included in this table, please contact Freedom Won for assistance. All BMS interfaces above operate at 500kbps baud rate except for Ingeteam, which operates on 250kbps. Please enquire with Freedom Won Technical Support to change the default 500kbps to 250kbps.
- Page 19 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 Figure 5.2 Picture Showing 2 x RJ45 Sockets for CAN Bus (DB15 Plug shown here for Analogue and Relay Control is not available in new models) Figure 5.3 CAN Bus Connection Example with Four Lites Freedom Lite batteries can configure themselves automatically for master and slave configurations with up to 20 slaves.
- Page 20 If the master Lite trips one of the slaves will take over as the master automatically without any interruption of service. Freedom Won offers a fair trade in on Freedom Lite’s on the purchase of new units, which is an option for somebody wishing to expand their battery capacity instead of installing parallel units.
- Page 21 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 Fig 5.1 “ON” and “OFF” Buttons Settings Required for Setting up Inverters and Charge Controllers The maximum and continuous discharge currents for the respective models are provided in Table 2.1. For charge current settings refer to the charge current limit. An average recommended charge current is one third of the continuous rating of the battery.
- Page 22 SoC for controlling charge and discharge algorithms as this is the only accurate method – using voltage as described above is only an approximation. Accessories Freedom Won offers the following accessories: Table 7.1 List of Accessories Item Description 120 Ohm Termination Resistor –...
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Page 23: Typical Installations
Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 10. Typical Installations Some examples of how to integrate Freedom Lite into battery backup and solar installations using Victron equipment are provided below. Victron CAN Interface Systems (example with DC Charge Controllers) All Victron systems must include the Color Control, Venus controller, Octo GX or Maxi GX. Note that if CAN Bus MPPT’s are used with a system containing more than one Lite it is necessary to use a Victron controller with a dual CAN Bus, which precludes the abovementioned Color Control. - Page 24 Freedom Lite Installation Manual Revision 13 outage). The 48V DC connections on Freedom Lite are connected to both the inverter and the solar charge controller (SCC). There is also a BMS CAN Bus control connection between the Freedom Lite and the Color Control system controller (a Venus controller can also be used).
- Page 25 Several important settings must be correctly configured in the Color Control, Multiplus/Quattro, and charge controller. The latest firmware versions must also be installed in each case. Please refer to Victron manuals or contact Freedom Won for assistance with this. Guidelines at this link will also be useful: https://www.victronenergy.com/live/battery_compatibility:freedomwon...
- Page 26 SCC in one unit can also be used e.g. Sunsynk and Imeon. For help with connecting to, and configuring, the list of supported inverters pleas contact Freedom Won Technical Support. P a g e 25 | 31...
- Page 27 The Freedom Lite is sealed with a tamper proof warranty seal. It may not be opened by anyone other than Freedom Won and installers or repairers that have been explicitly approved by Freedom Won. The warranty on the unit will be void if the seal is damaged or missing.
- Page 28 Troubleshooting Guide Most issues with the Freedom Lite can be resolved using the guide below. If a problem cannot be resolved after referencing this table please contact Freedom Won or your approved Freedom Won supplier. Table 14.1 Troubleshooting Guide (applicable to units with On and OFF buttons)
- Page 29 DC bus. If none of the above solve the problem, you will need to contact Freedom Won or your authorised installer for assistance with this issue. It will be necessary to establish the reason for the error before continuing with normal operation of the system.
- Page 30 The Freedom Lite error light If the battery voltage is within limits this should not keeps illuminating after each ordinarily occur. Contact Freedom Won or an approved reset installer for assistance with determining the problem. If the main breaker does not trip it is not a critical error and you may continue using the battery while you make contact for assistance.
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