Question about using run/start capacitors
This is for any electricians versed in the use of load and run capacitors to help with ac surges on the genny or the inverter. I am in the middle of a teardrop build and I am trying to get away wi...
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This is too much to ask of a thousand watt generator. Figure two things going in....400% start current and a lying generator specification. Correction of waveform harmonic distortion is a completely different animal than trying to make up for surge voltage depression. You will have both. I did this with the Megawatt which does NOT have tremendous inductance of an electric motor.
Dolly the A/C unit to the intended generator store. Seeing is believing and remember to de-rate for altitude.
I have a COLUMBIA, AC ammeter with needle movement that is dampened almost perfectly. My LG 5K window air required almost seventeen amps at 125vac to start out. A larger cap reduced starting current to twelve and a half - more or less.
Waveform correction must must must be designed around the generator stator's waveform under load. It is trial and error via oscilloscope. This is why my KATO stator has twice the copper windings.
The easiest move for you seems to be take the mountain to Mohammad. Try it with the generator and if the generator falters, I would consider it a fail. My 900-watt Frightening Harbor generator grunts when starting a 24 foot chest freezer. It cannot power a kitchen refrigerator already running and start the freezer.
It is E CAVEAT EMPTOR when buying a generator.
Dolly the A/C unit to the intended generator store. Seeing is believing and remember to de-rate for altitude.
I have a COLUMBIA, AC ammeter with needle movement that is dampened almost perfectly. My LG 5K window air required almost seventeen amps at 125vac to start out. A larger cap reduced starting current to twelve and a half - more or less.
Waveform correction must must must be designed around the generator stator's waveform under load. It is trial and error via oscilloscope. This is why my KATO stator has twice the copper windings.
The easiest move for you seems to be take the mountain to Mohammad. Try it with the generator and if the generator falters, I would consider it a fail. My 900-watt Frightening Harbor generator grunts when starting a 24 foot chest freezer. It cannot power a kitchen refrigerator already running and start the freezer.
It is E CAVEAT EMPTOR when buying a generator.
