3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
professor95 wrote: EDIT ADDED 45/5/2013- When this thread started in March of 2005, I never expected to see it survive this long or amass the quantity of information that has been shared here. In...
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Wuttevr wrote:
I am the least qualified, but since no one else has responded since you posted last night, I will regurgitate previously given advice in this situation.
I realize you stated that you had nothing else in the camper "on". However, we have to be absolutely certain that the fridge is off, and not just in auto mode. How about the water heater, assuming it even has an electric element? What is the state of charge of your batteries?
I would start up the generator and head into the camper. Turn the fan on high and while waiting, double check that all possible electrical loads are gone. I would wait 5 or so minutes and then kick the compressor on. The last time I had trouble, I had to run the fan at least this long.
If you still have problems, try disconnecting your batteries. I don't know how many watts a converter/charger can consume of the available 3,500, but it could be significant if your batteries are low. Be sure to wait several minutes (with the fan running)in between attempts to start up the compressor.
Beyond that, it might be the old "OEM save a buck" problem of the A/C unit not having the hard start kit included. I don't have the vernacular, let alone the knowledge of some others on this forum, so hopefully they will chime in on the specifics here. But basically, as I understand it, the hard start kit is a capacitor that stores up some juice in anticipation of the huge draw when the compressor first starts up. If your A/C unit lacks this, the current draw at start up can be well in excess of the wattage your Champion can provide, even at its peak rating.
I have read numbers in the $60-70 range for the kit. I have also read that checking to see if you have it is rather easy. I will have to defer to those smarter than I on this particular point.
Good luck.
If you can,or know someone that can get Air cond. parts Wholesale,you can get a universal hard start kit for around $10-$20.(I think they are made by Supco)I get them for that price for all the time.Very easy to hook up too,just hook up in parrell with the run capacator,& turn the unit on.
