Hard Start for AC
Installed a Supco SPP6 hard start kit on my 2007 Coleman Mach 15000 btu AC and it didn't work, it actually did just the opposite. I overload my generator, voltage dropped to 50, not good, without the ...
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garyemunson wrote:
Hard start kits only work on utility lines where there is a virtually unlimited supply of power to give the A/C compressor that extra 'kick'. Unless you have a 20KW generator, you're going to load the hell out of it with the hard start kit.... I'd suspect the compressor is either on it's way out or there is a restriction in the refrigerant line. With a 9 year old A/C, I'd bite the bullet and replace it.
Not true. RVP(coleman) has built in Hard Start kits optioned for OEM's that install the Roof AC units where there will be either a Genset or a future Genset installed. Hard Start kits are great for smaller(less than 5k) Gensets, especially the NON RV Gensets people like to buy. Doug
