Any Predator Generator reviews?
Now when my build-in Generac died and even new $350 board is not fixing it, I am researching more reasonable option. $500 inverter generator have excelent reviews and some say it runs smaller AC jus...
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SidecarFlip wrote:
Actually, the hot setup on a roof ac unit would be a free start (no load) compressor motor with an electromagnetic clutch that you could engage either manually or electrically, when the motor reached rated RPM. That would really drop the start amps.
Pie in the sky though. Too costly for a production ac unit.
I actually succeed building something like that for my scuba compressor.
Used 2HP industrial motor and those really suck on start up.
So having 3000W Honda, I could start the motor alone, but not with the compressor inertia (no pressure) attached to it.
I made a clutch from V-belt where a lever would take the slag on or off. So after starting motor alone, I pull the lever and the compressor start pumping.
Goes to 3000 psi with no problem on the generator.
But this is not idiot-proof design you need for camper.
