Point me in the right direction....

[Horseshoecat]

Finished installing a new 6,000 BTU air conditioner in our Roadtrek Versatile 200. It works perfectly connected to shore power.

The generator....that is another story. The A/C will start okay and then just blows warm air. I had the A/C running fine, turned the "cooling" off, with only the fan running; hit "cool" again and nothing but warm air. The compressor will not kick in.

So I read about soft and hard start kits....and those are available for the built-in type A/C, but nothing for the window-style A/C used in the Roadtrek.

OR, can I plug the A/C into an inverter with the generator running?

Can someone please point me in the right direction to ensure the A/C will work with our generator.

Thank you so much.
HorseshoeCat

 

[mkguitar]

I'm just guessing here that the ac requires 60 cycles for the compressor motor and your genny isn't providing that


or the 60 cycles is needed for the electronic controls on the ac unit

a good multimeter such as a fluke will test and display the cycles/hertz of the ac power being produced by the genny


I'd check that before looking at a capacitor


did the ac ever work for you on the genny ???



mike

 

[Horseshoecat]

The original A/C worked fine on the generator.

So, this new A/C is pushing its luck (LOL).

HorseshoeCat

 

[mikeehlert]

Agree, check the power quality. Frequency, floating ground, reverse voltage etc.