Soft start capacitors
Should every ac have a soft star cap installed? If so, why don’t they come that way? Is there any downside? Thanks
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Home Skillet wrote:
Over the years, I have tried all those hard start capacitors mentioned.
Nothing compares to the Micro-Air soft start.
No more generator surging when the a/c cycles, etc.
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I would think if you're doing a lot of camping off the electric grid then the extra cost between a hard start capacitor ($10) and the Micro-Air Soft Start ($300) isn't an issue. For me the few times I anticipated and have had to run the A/C on a generator didn't justify the additional cost. It requires some human power management on my part (primarily no microwave while the A/C is running) but doable.
