boB, a spongey line on a load? Done it with windmills, never with a load. Makes complete sense to me, I'll add that to the old bag of tricks.
Dan Fink Adjunct Professor of Solar Energy Technology, Ecotech Institute IREC Certified Instructor™ for: ~ PV Installation Professional ~ Small Wind Installer Executive Director, Buckville Energy NABCEP Registered Continuing Education Providers™ 970.672.4342 On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 12:54 PM, b...@midnitesolar.com <b...@midnitesolar.com > wrote: > > The (newer) SW5548 was harder on over current protection, mainly because > > it could put out more current than the SW4048... > > One trick to try is to place a long(ish) extension cord between the SW and > the load to give it a wee bit of series resistance. > > Doing this would often reduce that OCP and help motors to start. > > boB > > On 5/30/2016 11:03 AM, Dan Fink wrote: > > Does your air compressor have an unloader valve, or can you install one? > That should do the trick, sounds like you are just running into the > regular high surge current demand. > Off the grid, compressors are in about the same nasty league as old well > pumps as far as surge demand. > > > > > Dan Fink > Adjunct Professor of Solar Energy Technology, Ecotech Institute > IREC Certified Instructor™ for: > ~ PV Installation Professional > ~ Small Wind Installer > Executive Director, Buckville Energy > NABCEP Registered Continuing Education Providers™ > 970.672.4342 > > > > On Mon, May 30, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Jeremy Rodriguez < > <allsolarjer...@msn.com>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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > >
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