“7 cuft Insignia runs on AC line. How to avoid rough start - gurgling sound, drawing > 600 VA if powered by pure sinewave, 60Hz, 120V inverter. Cannot use either 800W or 2500W inverter I tried? 2500W inverter + 100A, 26V battery operate 5000BTU A/C OK!”
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Some devices with compressor motors, fan motors etc don't use much power while running, but use a LOT when started from a dead standstill. My 7 CF Insignia runs fine using a Xijia 3000W (Peak Power 6000W) dc 48v to 120V ac 60HZ Pure sine Wave Solar Inverter. Using a 600w PV array feeding my 48v battery bank, my freezer (plus some other loads) runs quietly. Seems like the load only needs 300w on average. However, I didn't like seeing the voltage drop during compressor start-up when using a Xijia Pure sine Wave Inverter 2000w dc 48v Inverter to ac120v (Peak Power 4000W). This is a Back-up inverter to run sump-pumps if the 3000 watt inverter dies. These inverters have a power-on soft-start (AC volts slowly increases to 120v in a few seconds), but it's of no help after the inverter is running for a while, and the freezer turns off and on at random. That's why I over-sized my inverter to 3kw.
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