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melloftus
Explorer
Jul 30, 2019

1st time boondocking and could not get our AC to work

We did our 1st time boondocking trip this last weekend with our 2008 fleetwood mallard and sadly we could not get our A/C to work. My husband is now convinced we need a new generator where as I think ...
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Latner
Nomad
Jul 30, 2019
SoundGuy wrote:
melloftus wrote:
I am thinking we may need to install some sort of Hard Start Capacitor.. Thoughts??


I wouldn't waste the time or $$ installing a hard start cap which will only result in a marginal improvement vs installing a Micro-Air Easy Start soft starter kit on your A/C. Quite a few forum members now own an Easy Start and report excellent results.


X2. I just installed the easy start on my ac and could not be happier with the results. I can run the ac on eco setting with a single Honda 2200.

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