Testing running roof air via inverter

pianotuna wrote:
Thanks for posting the link to the video.

I see that voltage dropped to 59 when the compressor started up. The lowest I've seen before the Microair installation was about 96. That was enough to concern me.

Yeah, that concerned me as well, which is why I ultimately dropped the idea of powering my 13.5K A/C with my EU2000i and sold the genset. Had I known at the time about the Micro-Air Easy Start soft starter kit I'd have definitely added one to the A/C instead of the SPP6 and likely would have then avoided this excessive voltage drop when the A/C compressor kicked in.

Did you ever try to start the air with the generator in eco mode?

This was several years ago so I don't recall whether I tried initially starting the A/C with the genset in Eco mode but I do know that as the A/C later cycled on/off the genset would most times cope with the load with Eco on. However, the unavoidable problem was that as ambient temperatures rose into the upper 80s F (just when A/C was needed most) the chances of successfully starting the compressor became less and less, even with Eco mode off. It's just speculation on my part but my bet is the Micro-Air would solve this issue and allow the A/C compressor to start repeatedly at temps when A/C would be most required, 'though perhaps with Eco on that may asking too much even of the Micro-Air.