Hi jeremy, The 5548 has really poor surge, it's not a wire issue. I'm not sure caps will fix that.
Jay Peltz power. > On May 30, 2016, at 9:46 AM, Jeremy Rodriguez <allsolarjer...@msn.com> wrote: > > Hello > I've got an SW+5548 that will barley start my air compressor. Once it does > run it shows 17 Amps on the inverters loads meter. During start up it reads > 60+ amps. > Do you think better capacitors would help the situation? > BTW I've never ran the compressor off grid prior. > I even tried #8 from the Breaker to the pressure switch, about 9ft, with no > benefit. The compressor will only start with the tank completely empty. > > Jeremy Rodriguez > Solar Installation And Design Expert > All Solar, Inc. > 1463 M St > Penrose Colorado 81240 > > Sent by Jeremy's iPhone. Sorry for typos and shorthand! > _______________________________________________ > List sponsored by Redwood Alliance > > List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org > > Change listserver email address & settings: > http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org > > List-Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html > > List rules & etiquette: > www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm > > Check out or update participant bios: > www.members.re-wrenches.org > _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Redwood Alliance List Address: RE-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org