Air compressors have a high surge current and the SW5548 doesn't handle surges that well. I'm surprised you even got the compressor to run. Adding more capacitance for the startup might help.
Mike Kocsmiersky Principal Phone: 413 883-3144 Spirit Solar www.SpiritSolar.net -----Original Message----- From: Jeremy Rodriguez [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 12:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Compressor motor/SW+5548 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: [email protected] Change listserver email address & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out or update participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
