Portable generators...What brand?
Ok I am looking to purchase a portable inverter generator. Want one to run my Lance TC with a 11,000 BTU Dometic penguin roof AC. Now the AC unit on my Lance runs off a regular outlet in my garage wit...
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mlts22 wrote:
I wonder if a hard start capacitor might help things. On some A/C units it can help a lot since it helps with the initial inrush current. Others, may not help much.
Possibly NOT. If the problem is that the genset's power output capanility cannot "rise" quickly enough for the A/C compressor motor start-up high inrush current then a "hard start" capacitor might even increase the problem. Adding capacitance to the start winding actually lowers the circuit impedance thereby INCREASING the inrush current level.
Shorter start-up time, but higher instantaneous POWER requirement.
