curt12914 wrote:
Hee is a link for a person (msiminoff) that is using a ProSone inverter charger in conjunction with his Honda EU2000i to start his AC, then run it on generator only.
Do you think this could be done with the CPE 2000 inverter also?
OK - think about this a moment. The guy has a Polar Cub 9200. I am assuming that is a 9,200 BTU A/C. Considerably less amperage than a 13.5 or 15K A/C.
The Honda 2000i is NOT synchronized with the ProSine - meaning they are NOT parallel. He uses the ProSine to start the A/C and then switches to the Honda in what is about 1/20th of a second (two cycles) or the time it takes for a relay to move it's contact 1/8th of an inch. The A/C will ignore a two cycle drop-out and keep on pumping.
What I do not understand is why he has to start a Polar Cub 9200 with a battery powered inverter? Seems to me the Honda 2000i should do the job just fine on an A/C that size.
At $1,200 plus dollars for a ProSine 2000 I would not even think about it
unless I had one in my RV when I bought it (which I do not). What he is doing should work with any brand of genny - inverter or synchronous.
Following this method one could use a larger 3,500 watt synchronous generator to START the A/C and get past the high starting current, set the thermostat to lock in the compressor and then FAST switch the power source to a 2000 watt inverter generator.
Darn - I am already doing that with my home brew double gang 20 amp 3-way light switch remotely controlled by an automotive door lock actuator! I can switch from the generator to the DC inverter and the TV never drops a frame. Should work just as well with the A/C :S
I am really glad that
you thought of that :B
