re: Power Home HVAC with Portable Gen (Part 2: MicroAir 368 Review)

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I have a 2019 Carrier 4 ton 16 SEER with a listed 105 LRA

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I think a 65-70% reduction could be reasonably expected. So 30% of 105 puts us around 31A. And 31A * 240V = 7440W. According to that it should be able to handle the surge.

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My nameplate reads: compressor LRA 117 and RLA 21.8 (I didn’t test it prior to install) When the device worked, the app read LRA ~80 if I recall correctly.

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Yours may have not finished the “learned starts” part before you checked the readings. After 5 starts it will have optimized the start to reduce the LRA as much as possible. If it does 5 learned starts and you think the numbers still aren’t the best, you can clear the learn and let it run the learn cycle again.

MicroAir has been great to work with when one of my SS units stopped operating properly. I couldn’t connect on Bluetooth so I went outside to check it and no lights were on. It was still starting up the compressor but basically as if the soft starter wasn’t there. The MicroAir tech gave me some quick things to look over and concluded the starter was bad. Sent me a replacement in 3 days.