Generator + storage for surge

 Does anybody have any experience in what it would take to marry a
relatively undersized generator, say a 10KW, with sufficient battery
storage, so it could start an a/c that required a "surge" of 20KW to
start?
tia

  n0spam@cox.net (strider) wrote:

It's going to be much less expensive to either upgrade the generator
or downgrade the A/C unit, inverters tend to cost on the order of a
buck a watt...

Dunno if you could have a synchronous motor with a flywheel (and a
soft-start to get it running) that could pick up the slack, but it
sounds like an implementation nightmare.

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William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc.    www.compusmiths.com

 What kind of AC requires 20k startup, not a house. You need a bigger
generator.

 ransley@webtv.net (m Ransley) wrote:

One of my three A/C units, theoretically the smallest one, that just
runs my family room, has a peak starting surge of 70A@240V, or
something like 17KW.


Or a more efficient A/C.

--
William Smith
ComputerSmiths Consulting, Inc.    www.compusmiths.com

 On 1 Jun 2004 05:20:08 -0700, n0spam@cox.net (strider) wrote:


It might be better to upgrade to an 'inverter' AC, these have a MUCH
lower starting current and are much more efficient, so you would save
on energy bills as well as the cost of a large generator and inverter.

cheers,
Pete.