Micro Air
Hi, just looking for input from people that have them on their effectiveness. I am thinking of getting a portable genny for the 5th wheel for those times that I need an AC and don't have power. I ha...
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MNRon said:
“3Tons - thanks, I’ve thought about just putting a Magnum bypass in to allow direct running of AC from genny. I think your solution is more elegant. Still I haven’t given up with futzing with current hardware instead of adding more…. Frankly not sure if I had spent more on a Honda I might not have been aware of this idiosyncrasy. Not sure if I’ll keep messing around or maybe make a hardware change… “
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Well, my Xantrex pass-thru ProSine is truly ‘chock full’ of programmability, and I tried every about program work-around I could think of - that’s when I decided to try a autoformer (between the genny and inverter), but once the air conditioner got warmed-up (say after 20 min or so…) the autoformer made no difference…
It was a most perplexing matter (ugg…), one which only happened when attempting to run the genny in the more desirable, quieter, but somewhat sluggish ‘eco mode’…Then by happenstance it finally occurred to me that the inverter might just be ‘doing it’s job’ as a incoming power sentry, and all along, this had been the actual root cause of the maddening inverter in & out again cycling…
From my way too many exhaustive hours of non-productive frustration, programming bandaids wouldn’t work - I very much doubt that there’s a ‘more appropriate’ fix than to simply bypass the inverter…JMHO
3 tons
“3Tons - thanks, I’ve thought about just putting a Magnum bypass in to allow direct running of AC from genny. I think your solution is more elegant. Still I haven’t given up with futzing with current hardware instead of adding more…. Frankly not sure if I had spent more on a Honda I might not have been aware of this idiosyncrasy. Not sure if I’ll keep messing around or maybe make a hardware change… “
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Well, my Xantrex pass-thru ProSine is truly ‘chock full’ of programmability, and I tried every about program work-around I could think of - that’s when I decided to try a autoformer (between the genny and inverter), but once the air conditioner got warmed-up (say after 20 min or so…) the autoformer made no difference…
It was a most perplexing matter (ugg…), one which only happened when attempting to run the genny in the more desirable, quieter, but somewhat sluggish ‘eco mode’…Then by happenstance it finally occurred to me that the inverter might just be ‘doing it’s job’ as a incoming power sentry, and all along, this had been the actual root cause of the maddening inverter in & out again cycling…
From my way too many exhaustive hours of non-productive frustration, programming bandaids wouldn’t work - I very much doubt that there’s a ‘more appropriate’ fix than to simply bypass the inverter…JMHO
3 tons
