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FP 3000-12
Owner's Manual
Xantrex
TM
Fleet Power 3000-12
Inverter/Charger
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TM Thank you for purchasing a Xantrex Fleet Power 3000-12Inverter/Charger. Xantrex Technology Inc. takes pride in manufacturing quality products specifically designed to meet your power requirements. The FP3000-12 provides silent, efficient and reliable AC power for a variety of appli- cations. It features hands-free operation, automatic three-stage battery charging and au- tomatic AC transfer switching. For your convenience, service is available world-wide from qualified service centers. If
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 LED Fault Status Things You Should Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Circuit Breaker Protection Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Thermostat Controlled Cooling Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Inverter Idle Circuit Low and High Battery Shutdown Installation Diagrams . . . . . . . .
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INTRODUCTION This owners manual describes the The FP3000-12 battery charger is TM Fleet Power 3000-12 Inverter/Charger from electronically controlled and rated at a Xantrex Technology Inc. This unit performs maximum output current of 140 amps DC. three distinct functions: It is designed to rapidly and optimally charge 1. DC to AC power inverting. wet, gel, or Absorbed Glass Mat (AGM)** cell 2. Automatic transfer switching between deep-cycle batteries. Battery charging is inverter power and
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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW Circuit Breaker Protection Inverter Idle Circuit The FP3000-12 is supplemental breaker This automatic energy-saving feature reduces battery power consumption when no protected. AC load is present. Response from idle is The INVERT/CHARGE breaker on the front of instantaneous. In most cases, the operation of the unit protects against sustained inverter/ the idle circuit is not noticeable. Use of the charger over-current conditions. These breakers Remote Control Panel allows
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THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW Temperature Sensitive Charging (TSC) When the supplied battery temperature sensor is connected to the unit and the batteries, the charge voltage is controlled based on battery temperature. The charger adjusts the charge voltage to the best level, minimizing water loss in wet cell batteries. Charge voltage regulation opti- mizes the battery life cycle. TSC Sensor Battery 6
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OPERATION Battery type setup. To enter the battery type The FP3000-12 provides 120 volt AC power from auxiliary DC batteries, automatic battery select mode, press and hold the INVERT charging and automatic AC transfer switching switch for five seconds. The status LEDs will change from indicating status information to between an external AC source and inverter indicating battery type. The selection of the mode. battery type is made with the Charge switch. External AC Power Turning the INVERT OF
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OPERATION STATUS LEDs Press the CHARGE switch again to turn Each Status LED performs two functions, the charger OFF. The charger defaults to ON providing battery type selection and operation when operating without a remote or with the status. Remote Control Panel. When the LED is OFF, the charger has Status LEDs been manually turned OFF. This can only be accomplished while AC power is being supplied. INVERT CHARGE TSC REMOTE OVERTEMP OVERLOAD / AGM NOTE: When AC power is available, the defau
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OPERATION When the LED is blinking slowly (once per second), an over-current condition or a short circuit has occured. The system has Overtemp shut OFF and will not automatically restart. Low TSC Remote Auxiliary Port Correct the fault condition and manually restart Battery the system. LOW BATTERY & OVERTEMP/OVERLOAD - Red LEDs When both LEDs are blinking, an AC backfeed has been detected. A backfeed occurs when AC power from an external source is connected to the output of the inverter. Ins
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OPTIONAL REMOTE CONTROL PANEL Remote Control Panel An optional remote control panel is available. The LED bar graphs on the remote control panel show battery voltage and DC current in both inverter and charger modes. Easy-to-see red, yellow and green LEDs show the battery state-of-charge. Power Sharing, charger ON/OFF, inverter ON/OFF controls are provided. Set-up features include selection of Idle Threshold, Battery Type and Battery Capacity. Remote Control Panel 10
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BATTERIES Wet cell batteries will give off gas as a natural result of charging and will experience some water loss. It is very important that the electrolyte level be checked frequently and topped off with distilled water when necessary. Follow the battery manufacturers recommendations for maintenance. Never allow the top of the battery plates to be exposed to air, as contamination of the cell will result. Keep the top of batteries clean. Always provide adequate ventilation for the battery stor
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BATTERIES All batteries can be maintenance free, but not BATTERY INTERCONNECTION all of them are deep-cycling batteries. Beware In most cases, you will be using a bank of two of batteries that are described as or more batteries with your inverter/charger. maintenance free only. These batteries have You may connect batteries together in two calcium alloyed with the lead and hold the configurations, series and parallel, depending liquid electrolyte in a sponge-like material. They on their voltage.
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BATTERIES Parallel Note: It is not advisable to connect batteries of Connecting two batteries in parallel will double different case sizes or amp-hour ratings in the the amp-hour rating of the battery bank, while same battery bank. the voltage will be the same as each individual Always use properly sized wire and battery. For example, two 12-volt 105 amp-hour terminals for your interconnecting battery batteries in parallel will produce one 12-volt cables. For size information refer to NEC 210 am
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BATTERIES To achieve 50% cycling you should calculate AMP-HOUR CONSUMPTION FORMULAS your amp-hour consumption between charging cycles and use a battery bank with twice that (AC amps x 10) x 1.1 x hours of capacity**. Each AC appliance or tool has a operation = DC amp hours rating plate on it and will be rated in either AC amps or watts or AC VA (volt-amps) apparent (watts/ DC voltage) x 1.1 x hours of power. To calculate amp-hour consumption, operation = DC amp hours use one of the formulas to t
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BATTERY CHARGING Fleet Power Battery Chargers Battery Charging Fleet Power battery chargers are designed to Completely charging wet cell deep-cycle bat- overcome the limitations of conventional teries requires the battery voltage to be raised chargers by utilizing three distinct charge beyond what is known as the gassing point. stages, each designed for optimal charging of This is the voltage at which the battery begins wet, gel cell and AGM deep-cycle batteries. to bubble and gas is given off.
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BATTERY CHARGING NOTE: The FP3000-12 is ON whenever AC The battery charger stages are: power is connected to the charger input. The Stage 1 - Bulk Charge During the bulk charger can be turned OFF using the charge stage most of the energy that has been CHARGE switch on the front of the unit. This consumed during discharge is returned to the sequence will occur each time external AC battery bank. This phase is engaged as soon as power is available. The charger can be turned the battery charger is
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BATTERY CHARGING The float charge stage holds the battery voltage Gel cell and Advanced AGM batteries can constant at a preset lower level, where it is accept a higher rate of charge. Consult the safe for long-term battery maintenance. During manufacturer for specifications. the float charge stage, the full output current of Stage 2 - Acceptance Charge The the battery charger is available to operate any acceptance stage immediately follows the bulk DC appliances that may be on the system, charge
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BATTERY CHARGING The equalizing charge is a timed, eight-hour cycle. The cycle can be ended early by inter- rupting the AC power to the charger at any time during the cycle. Equalizing should only be engaged after the batteries have been fully charged by a normal battery charging cycle. During this equalizing stage, the battery voltage will increase to the equalize voltage. This will cause the battery bank to gas profusely and will accomplish the following: 1. Removal of residual sulfate. Each t
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BATTERY CHARGING WARNINGS 1. Do not equalize gel cell batteries. Check remote default settings. 2. Always monitor the equalize charge cycle. Provide proper ventilation for battery fumes. Do not allow any sparks during equalizing. If one or more cells begin to overflow, terminate the equalize cycle. 3. Check the battery electrolyte both before and after the equalizing charge. Do not expose the battery plates to air. Leave the battery caps on while equalizing. Top off after equalizing. 4. Remove a
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BATTERY CHARGER VOLTAGE SETTINGS TEMP TYPE 0 TYPE 1 TYPE 2 TYPE 3 Wet Cell Gel 1 * Gel 2 * AGM °F°T CAT CCEPFT LOAAT CCEPFT LOAAT CCEPFT LOAAT CCEP FLOA 12045 915 2. 10 2. 10 3. 10 3. 10 3. 19 3. 19 2. 12. 11046 317 3. 15 2. 10 3. 10 3. 14 4. 19 3. 19 3. 12. 10038 819 3. 17 2. 12 3. 11 3. 15 4. 10 3. 10 4. 13. 90 30 211 4. 18 3. 13 3. 12 3. 16 4. 11 3. 11 4. 13. 80 22 713 4. 10 3. 15 4. 13 3. 17 4. 12 3. 12 4. 13. 70 **24 1 **15 4. 11 3. 16 4. 14 3. 18 4. 13 3. 13 4. 13. 60 16 617 4. 13 3. 18 4.
