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ktmrfs
Aug 25, 2023Explorer II
theoldwizard1 wrote:
My understanding of the THEORY OF OPERATION of the Easy Start, once the A/C is running, it has no impact on the operation !
Call Micro Air and see what the say.
that's almost correct. The micro-air is a START aid, not something that reduces running current, it doesn't.
BUT The easy start does in some way try to detect a power source overload that could affect the AC. If it thinks the circuit is overloaded it will drop the AC for a few minutes and then start up again.
I've experienced this when I was using my honda 2000 at high altitude to run the coleman AC. That 2000 was maxed out, above continous rated power and into the short term power limit, and instead of having the honda drop into it's overload the micro air would shut off the ac for a short period of time, honda would idle down, then about 5 minutes later ac would start up again, The mico air manual talks about how it handles what it thinks is an overload.
BTW, once I switched to a honda 2200 the high alitude problem went away.. the extra 200VA and the 25% larger motor saves the day. Mostly the larger engine.
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