Hi, I'm Amy at the altE Store.
I'm here today with Will from Xantrex.
Hi Amy, it's good to be here.
Hi there.
And we're covering a couple of different products, and we just did a video on the Xantrex Freedom
Xi, so you can see more details about that up here.
And now we are going to talk about the inverter/charger, the Freedom HFS.
That's right.
The Freedom Xi is a True Sinewave inverter series with a transfer switch built in.
But the HFS is a full inverter/charger system, all in one package.
The HFS differs from the Xi principally, in that it has a battery charge built in.
Both the 1000W HFS and the 2000W HFS have a multi-stage smart charger, a 55A charger,
built into the box.
So there's a transfer switch, a battery charger, a True Sinewave inverter, and a remote control
panel, and hardwire.
That is fabulous.
And they are for 12VDC battery banks.
That's right, all of these products are for 12V DC battery banks, and are used
in a variety of applications, in boats, in RVs, commercial vehicles, off-grid system,
pretty much anywhere that you need a reliable backup power inverter.
Right.
So let's talk a little bit more about the charger.
You say it's a smart charger, what makes it so smart?
That's right.
The Xantrex battery chargers that are built right into the inverter/chargers, including
the Freedom HFS series, are multi-stage smart chargers.
So when we say multi-stage smart chargers, we're usually talking about a 3-stage charger.
There's a bulk stage, where it's delivering as much power as possible into the batteries
while responsibly charging.
Then there's the absorption phase, which decreases the amount of current going into the batteries
at an elevated fixed voltage.
and finally the float setting.
And the float setting is also called a maintenance setting.
And that can be attached tot he batteries for a very long period of time, in perpetuity
essentially.
So it just keeps them topped off at that stage.
That's right.
The battery charger will know that the batteries are fully charged, and will simply maintain
that high level of charge over a long period of time.
In fact it will periodically, it'll go to sleep, and then periodically check on the
battery bank, to ensure that it doesn't need charging later down the road.
Right.
So it's conserving power while it's also making sure that your batteries are always going
to be full.
It's a great power management device for anybody's who's got a 12V system.
So you say that this is 55A, now what if 55A is too much power for your battery
bank?
That's a great question.
Many battery banks will be very happy with a 55A battery charger, but for smaller battery
banks, perhaps one deep cycle battery, 55A is just too much.
There's a lot of optional features in the battery charger function with the Freedom
HFS, and one of them is the ability to set the battery charger for a lower max current
charging.
So if 25A is more appropriate for your battery bank, you'd simply go into the settings in
the control panel, and set that down to 25A.
There's a number of increments between 55A and 5A that you can select.
Excellent.
And so what kind of chemistry will this use?
Predominantly it's a lead acid battery charger, so it's preset for algorithms for
lead acid batteries that are flooded lead acid, or AGM, or Gel.
But there's a great new feature as well.
There's a custom battery charger setting here, where you can change the voltage on the bulk,
absorption, and float settings.
So you can set this up to be a constant voltage battery charger, for lithium ion systems,
or even for specialty batteries that might have unique charging parameters.
Right.
So if you don't have your traditional lead acid battery, check the specs for that special
battery, and it will really tell you what kind of charging profile it wants.
That's right.
Many battery manufacturers, for their specialty batteries, will have charging algorithms that
are a little different than standard.
With the custom setting on the Freedom HFS battery charger you can meet those requirements
easily.
Wonderful.
So all in one shockingly affordable package.
That's right.
It's not a very expensive system, but it really does provide a lot of features.
You do have your transfer switch built in, the remote panel which can be mounted separately,
a 55A battery charger, and it is True Sinewave.
That's the real difference between this and some similar products from Xantrex in the
past.
Our customers are demanding choices, and one of those choices is True Sinewave products,
and here with the HFS they have it.
That's wonderful.
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