Re: More Qs on generator

On Wed, 14 Aug 2024 13:02:46 -0000 (UTC),
  Ted Heise <theise@panix.com> wrote:

 On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 16:52:59 -0500,
   sticks <wolverine01@charter.net> wrote:

 On 8/13/2024 4:30 PM, Ted Heise wrote:

 

I took it [Westinghouse iGen 2550] to the trailer this
afternoon, and it does indeed put out enough power to charge
the battery.  On the other hand, when I tried running the AC
(with pretty much everything else off) the overload
protection cut in.  So I guess if I want to run the AC I'll
need to try a soft start thingy.

 
 Yur makin' progress.

Didn't say it before, but I appreciate the encouraging words.

 Looking forward to finding out if the soft start works for
 you.  I personally don't know anyone who uses one because of
 all having bigger generators.

As I'll explain below, I may have to go that way.  Problem is I
would hate to go to the trouble and expense and have it not work. 
I wonder if the soft start company someone linked could give me a
guess on how likely it is to work.

 Well, it occurred to me last night that I'd run the unit only
 in Eco mode.  My assumption is it wouldn't be any different in
 full/ standard mode because the gen adapts to the load when in
 Eco, but it's no big deal to just try it in standard mode.  I
 doubt it'll matter, but maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

So the non-Eco mode did the same thing as the Eco mode--tripped
the generator's overload almost immediately.  I also tried
starting with just the AC fan, then adding the cooling (as
suggested in a privagte message), but no joy.

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Ted Heise      <theise@panix.com>       West Lafayette, IN, USA