Donflem Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Has anyone tried the soft start units? My rear ac is acting up so I thought I would give them a try. Thanks for any suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cherry Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, Donflem said: Has anyone tried the soft start units? My rear ac is acting up so I thought I would give them a try. Thanks for any suggestions. Put the words SOFT START in the search box in the upper right corner. Don’t mess with any of the parameters. There are 2 pages of posts and several discuss the Soft Start issues. Good Luck…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaz996 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I have one on each of my A/Cs and love them. You do have to train them per the instructions or they can be a pain. Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocketman3 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 We decided to replace one of our A/C heat pump units. We have two - each has its own thermostat. we replaced the rear one with a Rec-Pro 3800. It was not an easy replacement because of the a/c ducting in the roof that we wanted to continue to use. And the bolts are in different places. I have it connected to the inverter breaker panel - so I can run it off the inverter (Multiplus 3000) - it does run with no problems because it has a built in soft start. But it does use a large amount of power - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Jones Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I've been looking at this... https://www.rv-partsplus.com/Accessories - called the Easy Start. I've talked with Rob Lowe - makes sense. I did not take the plunge just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GypsyJo Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 I had soft start installed on both my units. I love them. It does make a difference when they kick on and I can use both with 30 amp if I have to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr046 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 2 hours ago, Tim-AZ said: I have one on each of my A/Cs and love them. You do have to train them per the instructions or they can be a pain. Training? I have 2 SoftStarts that seem to be working fine. I bought them so I could run AC from a 20A circuit. - bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timaz996 Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 1 minute ago, cbr046 said: Training? I have 2 SoftStarts that seem to be working fine. I bought them so I could run AC from a 20A circuit. - bob Part of the setup after you install them. Start and stop the A/C units 5 times for the soft start to learn the load your A/C requires. Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan K Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I had one in an AC on wheels in my shop. I used it when the compressor started to have troubles starting and was kicking a shop breaker while the man-cave AC and one of my 240V air compressors were running. Now that I replaced the AC compressor, I don't need it there and it will go into our center roof unit so it can start while the front or rear is running on 30 amps. It's got a simple pin plug to reset and re-learn. $275 total from a marine shop in Florida. Many of the usual sources were backordered recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Jones Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 To: Ivan K What is the name of "Marine Shop" you mentioned? Thanks. Always looking to save a buck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivan K Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 (edited) 39 minutes ago, Ron Jones said: To: Ivan K What is the name of "Marine Shop" you mentioned? Thanks. Always looking to save a buck! Ron, this is where I got mine not long ago https://wateryachtsolutions.com/ I see it is $279 now but no T and 2 days free shipping to TX. They had it in stock, unlike other place that let me buy it and a few days later tell me that I am on a wait list. Edited July 14, 2022 by Ivan K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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