powering house with the truck..?

[HammaMan]

The issue with traditional generators is that they just can't handle low loads without wasting fuel. This gets worse with higher output models with larger engines. Their power output isn't that clean either. That will typically show up in LED lights.

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[Samson16]

as in your entire home’s A/C unit?

Yes! The Easy Start helps reduce the inrush current. You hear the generator taking the load when it cycles on but the frequency and voltage hold up well during.

 

[Samson16]

Here’s a picture of it.

 

[FORDTEXAS]

Yes! The Easy Start helps reduce the inrush current. You hear the generator taking the load when it cycles on but the frequency and voltage hold up well during.

son of a b*tch i had a feeling you had one of them easy starts. i was like ain’t no freaking way this dude powering up a house A/C with a standalone portable generator lol.

 

[FORDTEXAS]

The issue with traditional generators is that they just can't handle low loads without wasting fuel. This gets worse with higher output models with larger engines. Their power output isn't that clean either. That will typically show up in LED lights.

would rather have that than no power at all ?

 

[HammaMan]

would rather have that than no power at all ?

How's the $ rates in tx for power? Get yourself an AIO solar inverter and some panels and you'll avoid a generator in all but the most extreme conditions (and when you run it just charge the batts and turn it back off). Solar component costs have followed inverse inflation and is dirt cheap, same for LFP cells.

 

[FORDTEXAS]

How's the $ rates in tx for power? Get yourself an AIO solar inverter and some panels and you'll avoid a generator in all but the most extreme conditions (and when you run it just charge the batts and turn it back off). Solar component costs have followed inverse inflation and is dirt cheap, same for LFP cells.

to my understanding, ranges from 12 - 17 cents per KWH.

 

[Rah150]

Here’s a picture of it.

What is your % reduction of LRA after the soft start install?

 

[Samson16]

What is your % reduction of LRA after the soft start install?

Good question but I didn’t have a means of capturing a value prior to installing the blue tooth capable easy start. I watched the current reading on my Fluke clamp on Ammeter but it happens so fast. I can tell you that the generators 30A breaker was tripping more than 50% of the time running 89 Octane ethanol free gas. Now it never trips even running on propane.

 

[Rah150]

I’m not sure how accurate it is but the nameplate/label on the ac unit should have the LRA listed.

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