I spent the past week camped on the beach in Port Aransas with high temps and humidity. I ran the A/C with a MicroAir EasyStart installed 24 hours a day off my Honda 2000 with aux fuel tank. Everything performed flawlessly. But when I got home and hooked up to my 30 amp shore power, the A/C won't start. It acts like it's tripping the breaker, but the breaker isn't tripped. I tried running off the generator again, and same thing. I haven't got a clue where to start trouble shooting. Hoping you good folks have some thoughts...

I would look for a failed start capacitor.

Did you try turning the breaker off and back on. It is not always visually apparent when a breaker is tripped.

Damdifino wrote:I ran the A/C with a MicroAir EasyStart installed 24 hours a day off my Honda 2000 with aux fuel tank. Everything performed flawlessly. But when I got home and hooked up to my 30 amp shore power, the A/C won't start. It acts like it's tripping the breaker, but the breaker isn't tripped. I tried running off the generator again, and same thing.Any chance one of the Micro-Air spade connectors has come loose?

Hi,How low did the voltage get on the generator?

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ScottG
Nomad
Jul 17, 2018
I would look for a failed start capacitor.
BB_TX
Nomad
Jul 17, 2018
Did you try turning the breaker off and back on. It is not always visually apparent when a breaker is tripped.
2oldman
Explorer II
Jul 17, 2018
Try without the Microair.
SoundGuy
Explorer
Jul 17, 2018
Damdifino wrote:
I ran the A/C with a MicroAir EasyStart installed 24 hours a day off my Honda 2000 with aux fuel tank. Everything performed flawlessly. But when I got home and hooked up to my 30 amp shore power, the A/C won't start. It acts like it's tripping the breaker, but the breaker isn't tripped. I tried running off the generator again, and same thing.

Any chance one of the Micro-Air spade connectors has come loose?
pianotuna
Nomad III
Jul 17, 2018
Hi,

How low did the voltage get on the generator?
pianotuna
Nomad III
Jul 17, 2018
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Damdifino
Explorer
Jul 17, 2018
I appreciate the suggestions and I'm working through them as best I can. Please keep 'em coming. OP
BillandCarole
Explorer
Jul 18, 2018
How in the world did you get your AC to run of a Honda 2000? Our 12K BTU AC took 2 of them, and then they "screamed" even in eco mode and drank fuel like they were dying of thirst.
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sayoung
Explorer
Jul 18, 2018
ScottG wrote:
I would look for a failed start capacitor.

That's most likely a bad RUN capacitor, that micro air thingy might have a start cap . Caps fail like crazy in high temps & low current/voltage situations. Run cap is wired between the run & start windings. Once the compressor & fan gets to about 70 to 80 % of working rpm its not needed any longer until unit try's to start again. Compressor probably tripping overload , just a WAG on my part
pianotuna
Nomad III
Jul 18, 2018
The microaire does come with a large capacitor