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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*Using a commercial 30amp 3way light switch...I have discovered what I had hoped for. My 2000 watt Digital inverter will handle the "running load" of the 13.5k rooftop ac.
*I will have to use it to merely cool the MH periodically when not plugged with shore power and this means setting the ac at the coldest setting until I am happy with the temp, then shut everything down. (not allowing the thermostat to cycle the compressor, just going for full cooling and calling it good enough for a period of time)
**I removed the burned out thermal fuse from my "Kill-A-Watt" and quick repaired it to see if I could get a better idea of the start energy the 13.5k ac unit requires.(dangerous repair...bypassed the fuse..):S
-Many repeated attempts give me an average of 27 amps(3240 watts) when the ac is first turned on, with an immediate rapid decrease to the approximate average I already calculated while running on high cool(13.45 amps/1580 watts) . The watts reading on the meter is too slow to give me a reading for start-up, so I used the amps selection on the meter. This is accurate as I can calculate/test with what I have and to me, it seems proper.
(the 50 something amps proffessor95 mentioned as "typical" had me worried)
I am happy with all the assistance and information I have received from this thread and its members. I know for some, what I am doing is "against the grain" according to their opinions, but my budget and timing of events is what it is for my situation.
Over-all, I am happy with my results so far and what I have is functional plus decades above the technology it was when it was built in 1977. Sure it is not the "most convienant", but it very much "works for me".
Dan
I am undecided on the decision between pure sine wave and modified sine wave for converters, it'll come down to the $$ when I purchase.
I have decided to stick with the 30 amp commercial 3way switch, it is simple, cheap, and easily replaced for my situation.
*Using a commercial 30amp 3way light switch...I have discovered what I had hoped for. My 2000 watt Digital inverter will handle the "running load" of the 13.5k rooftop ac.
*I will have to use it to merely cool the MH periodically when not plugged with shore power and this means setting the ac at the coldest setting until I am happy with the temp, then shut everything down. (not allowing the thermostat to cycle the compressor, just going for full cooling and calling it good enough for a period of time)
**I removed the burned out thermal fuse from my "Kill-A-Watt" and quick repaired it to see if I could get a better idea of the start energy the 13.5k ac unit requires.(dangerous repair...bypassed the fuse..):S
-Many repeated attempts give me an average of 27 amps(3240 watts) when the ac is first turned on, with an immediate rapid decrease to the approximate average I already calculated while running on high cool(13.45 amps/1580 watts) . The watts reading on the meter is too slow to give me a reading for start-up, so I used the amps selection on the meter. This is accurate as I can calculate/test with what I have and to me, it seems proper.
(the 50 something amps proffessor95 mentioned as "typical" had me worried)
I am happy with all the assistance and information I have received from this thread and its members. I know for some, what I am doing is "against the grain" according to their opinions, but my budget and timing of events is what it is for my situation.
Over-all, I am happy with my results so far and what I have is functional plus decades above the technology it was when it was built in 1977. Sure it is not the "most convienant", but it very much "works for me".
Dan
I am undecided on the decision between pure sine wave and modified sine wave for converters, it'll come down to the $$ when I purchase.
I have decided to stick with the 30 amp commercial 3way switch, it is simple, cheap, and easily replaced for my situation.
