[AT] OT : problems with rv ac portland coming soon .

[charliehill]

Ivan, it seems to me that those generator sets just don't put out their 
advertised rating.  A few weeks ago I rented a 15 KW diesel gen set to run 5 
hp motor.  It would run it fine after it got up to speed but the thing would 
die down to just a few hundred rpm and blow black smoke for about 15 seconds 
when we started the motor.  It was a brand new gen set too.   Have you got a 
meter so you can measure the load when you crank the AC?

Charlie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ivan Cousins" <ivancou at windstream.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 4:35 PM
Subject: [AT] OT : problems with rv ac portland coming soon .


>   Getting ready for portland , the wife has been grumbling about not
> haveing ac so I broke down and bought one of the quiet type 3000 watt
> generators . This one even has a 30 amp receptacle just for rv s .  The co
> advised to install a extra starting capacitor in the circuit to get the ac
> running . Done .    Anyhow when I turn the ac on the gen rumbles for about 
> 2
> seconds then dies .   Anyone got any ideas ?
> Generator idle control  is turned off  I go to the fan seting give it a
> couple seconds delay before switching to ac .
>  I have a outside receptacle installed for plugging the rv into when were
> home , its only a 15 amp circuit but it will run the ac with no problems .
> Ivan
>
>
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