Easy startup for A.C.

A link to the item you are describing would help us find out what you are talking about.

$600

In theory, a easy start could be wired as a dog bone between the post an the RV power cord.

jjj wrote:
A little pricey but if you sell your trailer you can take it with you.

https://softstartup.com/products/

At $600, it's twice as expensive as a Micro-Air EasyStart 364.

If I sell my trailer, I'm either taking the EasyStart with me, or rolling it into the trailer's selling price - Buyer's choice.

The fact that the Softstartup subjects every 120 volt device inside your RV to a waveform which has been modified to reduce the startup surge of the air conditioner is a deal-breaker for me.

There are sound technical reasons why the Micro-Air connects at specific points inside the A/C unit itself, rather than simply at its AC power wires.

The way Micro-Air does it makes the installation process a little more involved - but is probably worth it, IMO.

theoldwizard1 wrote:
In theory, a easy start could be wired as a dog bone between the post an the RV power cord.

No, it connects to several specific points inside the A/C, including the compressor run capacitor.

Coleman Mach connection:

OK I've been interested in this since I saw Mike Sokol's video Not sure if it's the same brand but here is the link to it:
Softstartup RV

I cannot find it on Amazon the price is probably somewhere on that website. Yup $600, I'll do the wiring I already have a Progressive surge protector

Skibane wrote:

theoldwizard1 wrote:
In theory, a easy start could be wired as a dog bone between the post an the RV power cord.

No, it connects to several specific points inside the A/C, including the compressor run capacitor.

As a retired Electrical Engineer, I know it can be done !

Remember the old saying, "There is more than one way to skin a cat !". All you have to do is limit the "in rush" current used to charge the starting capacitor.

EZ Starts are very easy to install.

This plug in unit looks like it might be a power factor correction device Those are good too but I'm not sure they would qualify as an Easy Start.

I've used them with some hardware (A dehumidifier) and it made a significant improvement in the unit's overall power needs.. A re-charge helped it to work better too (This is a refrigeration device like an air conditioner) back then you could by what you need to make it rechargeable at a hardware.

But will it work for "Soft Start".. Well.. Perhaps a little..
(The PF-correcors work by adjusting voltage to bring Voltage and current into phase.. Normally on a Motor (like an air conditioner) ELI the ICE man plays havoc with the relationship between Voltage and Current (ELI Voltage Leads on an Inductive load) so the correction device lowers the voltage or it can add some ICE (Current leads in a Capacitive load) Or Capacitance.

I do have a 2nd hand story about that.

I preferred the autoformer to the easy start.

ELI the ICE man

Say that to a young EE today and they are clueless what you are taking about. That phrase must have been a 70s thing.

They have an app for that though

Good ole ELI.

Met him in 1967 in Navy electronics school.