[RE-wrenches] Compressor motor/SW+5548

Jay jay.peltz at gmail.com
Mon May 30 10:48:11 PDT 2016


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 <allsolarjeremy at 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!
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