Apptech wrote:
> IF the manufacturer approves it then it's in specs as "over nominal rating
> by x% for y seconds". FWIW I'd imagine that hard online starting a
> compressor motor forces it to run "out-of-specs with a vengeance 'for some
> short period of time'. This is hard to avoid with simple systems - and motor
> manufacturers usually assume that people will start them occasionally.

I doubt compressor or generator motor manufacturers approve using such
devices. What they assume, I don't know, got no dead fish right now.

>You may
> also note when doing this core research that he has his own private
> natural-gas well, so his rocket fuel is possibly rather (gas-) well priced
> compared to what most of us put in our rockets.

If I had my own private natural-gas well, he-he, I would try to sell
some gas, and depending on the income either buy a decent UPS, or a
yacht with built-in conditioning system :-)


>> Spending a lot of money on a luxury feature and trying to
>> save every buck on a device? Hmm.
>
> Note that money saving per se was not what the thread was/is about.

Money saving was, otherwise he would purchase the UPS.

Regards.
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