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09-06-2020, 07:07 PM #1
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A/C Soft Start
I've seen a little talk on this site about some "newer" rv air conditioners have soft starts installed from the factory, we have a Dometic 15K on our 2017 Reflection 315 RLTS. Is there anything to this and if so how I can I determine if ours has a factory installed on? On the other side of that, seems as though most who are installing after market one are leaning towards the Micro Air brand. Is that the best way to go?
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09-06-2020, 07:46 PM #2
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A/C Soft Start
2020 31MB here and no factory installed soft start. Just have to take off the cover, open the panel, and see what solenoids are there.
On my previous 5er (2018 Starcraft POS) I had a simple hard start capacitor installed. It did the trick but no brains behind it. Just gathering energy to boost the initial start up. I went with the microaire on this rig and installed myself because it has some additional built in technology that seems to protect the compressor. Might be marketing spin but I bought in and so far it has worked as advertised.
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MicroAir Easy-StartLast edited by Rgkeaney; 09-06-2020 at 07:50 PM.
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09-07-2020, 10:48 AM #3
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On at 2017, I would say not factory install.
Advanced search will give you plenty of discussion on previous posts.Bob and Cheryl, Puka the doodle
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09-07-2020, 10:55 AM #4
We have a 2017 26RL, with 2 15K ACs (Dometic Brisk air II & Dometic Penguin II). My husband installed the microair soft start on both of them. They draw about 15 amps of current when running. Start up is quieter.
We actually did it so we could run both ACs using our 2 Honda 2000, if necessary.
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09-07-2020, 12:29 PM #5
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09-07-2020, 02:42 PM #6
A/C Soft Start
Maybe you missed it, but Livinthelife mentions they have a 2 of them.
At any rate, one of them will run a 15k roof air as I’ve done it many times.
Here’s a video I shot running mine outside San Antonio in May of 2018 when we were boondocking in a field and it was hot and humid.
A Champion or HF won’t power it, unless you step up to a 3000 or 3500. This is one reason Honda is king.
https://youtu.be/eVBHNV_FCzg
Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkLast edited by DaveMatthewsBand; 09-07-2020 at 02:48 PM.
Resistance is Not Futile, It's Voltage Divided by Current.
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09-07-2020, 02:49 PM #7
OK, to clear it up, my husband says he misspoke, we use both generators to run one AC and everything else we want on at the time. We typically don't have both ACs running at the same time. We use the one in the room we're not in, for noise reasons. Haven't boondocked at over 100 degrees yet, though.
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09-07-2020, 07:58 PM #8
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She also mentioned running both ACs.
You may be able to run an AC on a 1600W generator, but if it draws 15A, you are running it at 12.5% over its rated load. Just not a very good idea for generator longevity, and it’s not sustainable unless you can shut off the AC at night and recharge the battery.
Two of the EU 2000s to run an AC and the remainder of the power needs is a pretty nice setup.John & Kathy
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