3000W Chinese Gensets Info.
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Hey Professor...
Got a technical question.
*Is it possible to utilize two items to feed house power at the same time?
^^^I have been reading alot on home grid tie type stuff...seamless power switching is possible, I just don't know what would be the most cost effective unit to buy to suit my needs. I am unsure if merely utilizing an automatic transfer switch would do the job...)
-The reason I ask, is because, my generator(I have the AP2k digital inverter all custom fitted into my dedicated compartment)...will not make enough power to kick on the compressor to my rooftop a/c unit.(It'll run the fan, but not the heat portion, nor the cooling, generator revs up, but goes into overload and nothing, no 120v output until I turn off rooftop for the generator to "reset"...)
*On shore power, I have measured the rooftop unit to pull a continous 1580watts/13.45 amps while cooling, and noticed that while heating on low heat, pulling a continous 1820 watts/15.3 amps. I do not know what the start up wattage is or amperage.(My meter quit working...I accidentally overloaded it checking combinations of things....)
*I wish there was a way to utilize an appropiate sized modified sine wave inverter to start up and run the rooftop a/c temporarily.....and then start up the generator to let the generator take over completely by switching the inverter to off..
**I have a very good feeling that if the rooftop a/c was running already, that the generator would be able to handle the whole load of it...it's the start up power needs that my generator isn't happy with. (I don't even get a growl or grrr or nothing from the rooftop compressor...because the generator determines the load too high and goes into overload protection mode)
Ideas please...
thnx,
Dan
Got a technical question.
*Is it possible to utilize two items to feed house power at the same time?
^^^I have been reading alot on home grid tie type stuff...seamless power switching is possible, I just don't know what would be the most cost effective unit to buy to suit my needs. I am unsure if merely utilizing an automatic transfer switch would do the job...)
-The reason I ask, is because, my generator(I have the AP2k digital inverter all custom fitted into my dedicated compartment)...will not make enough power to kick on the compressor to my rooftop a/c unit.(It'll run the fan, but not the heat portion, nor the cooling, generator revs up, but goes into overload and nothing, no 120v output until I turn off rooftop for the generator to "reset"...)
*On shore power, I have measured the rooftop unit to pull a continous 1580watts/13.45 amps while cooling, and noticed that while heating on low heat, pulling a continous 1820 watts/15.3 amps. I do not know what the start up wattage is or amperage.(My meter quit working...I accidentally overloaded it checking combinations of things....)
*I wish there was a way to utilize an appropiate sized modified sine wave inverter to start up and run the rooftop a/c temporarily.....and then start up the generator to let the generator take over completely by switching the inverter to off..
**I have a very good feeling that if the rooftop a/c was running already, that the generator would be able to handle the whole load of it...it's the start up power needs that my generator isn't happy with. (I don't even get a growl or grrr or nothing from the rooftop compressor...because the generator determines the load too high and goes into overload protection mode)
Ideas please...
thnx,
Dan
