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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cajundood wrote:
Hmmmm very true..... My test conditions were 80 degrees or so and my area is perhaps 15ft. above sea level. (very low around here)
the true test will be how it functions when your camping at your typical temperatures and altitude.
actually it is density altitude that is key. takes into account actual barometric pressure, humidity and temperature in comparison to the defined conditions for sea level. and sea level conditions are for 15C, roughly 60F.
this summer when I was at 4500ft and 95F, and low humidity, as I mentioned in a previous post, I was overloading the generator. A quick calculation showed my density altitude was 6200ft!!
No wonder I was running out of power
here is a link to a site that will give you density altitude if you know pressure, temperature and dew point
density altitude calculator
here is another one if you know temperature, pressure and relative humidity.
density altitude calculations with RH
