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Originally Posted by kowbra
As others have noted; there are concerns running your AC from the 2000 watt inverter. Perhaps you may be able to do this if you add a softstart to the AC, such as from here, https://www.softstartusa.com/ .
I believe most solar system designers suggest a minimum of 3000 watt inverter to run AC. The new Montana's with their Super Solar Flex package use a 3000 watt inverter, and have included softstarts and new high efficiency AC units.
Also, with the battery bank you have, it will be important to calculate your total available amp hours to determine how long you can run your AC. You may find you have only have a few hours of AC time from the batteries even if softstarts will work. And, then you have dead batteries that may requre a lot of generator time to recharge.
Given the supplies you have, I would try to run AC from the generator and not through the inverter. Perhaps you could find a manual or automatic transfer switch that could work to switch from the solar breaker box to the generator? Otherwise it may require manually unplugging the cord from the solar breaker box and into the generator, then fire up the generator to use AC.
hth
Brad |
Correct. A 2000w inverter will not start an air conditioner. It might run it for a little while if you install an EZ-Start on it. You will absolutely want to install soft starts on all of your air conditioners.