You are right. They always disconnect from the main power before
running off the gen.


Noon-Air wrote:
Backfeeding through the main panel without a transfer switch is dangerous as
hell and in most places illegal

"User Example" wrote in message
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My parents ran the A/C from their portable many times. Living in rural NC
they got their power knocked out a lot by storms. The 240/120 wasnt an
issue. They just back fed to the house load center and ran things
normally. They just couldnt run the A/C and water heater at the same
time.



Joe Grassi wrote:

Really Highly Doubt it that you will be able to run the AC off of your
portable Generator - Seeing that it is going to be a pain in the ass to
have the 240 and the 120v coming off your generator at the same time, and
not to mention unless you have a really big portable generator its not
going to supply the current you need to get that A/C up and running.
That Start-Up Current Spike is going to be way over what your generator
probably can supply thus it will trip everytime.

Joe
"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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You still need full load amperage of both units. It would have been
better if the blower was 240 as well. Your generator puts out aprox 31
amps @240 volts continuous. The blower at 120 volt probably needs around
10 to 12 amps. Look on the nameplate of the condenser for the FLA


"IC_Clearly" wrote in message
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The condenser is 240V, but the blower fan is 120. The generator will
work
at 240 (though I'm not sure it is wired in through the panel at 240).

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IC


"RBM" rbm2(remove wrote in message
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10 seer is the efficiency of the machine (low) you need to give the
full
load amperage of the condenser and the blower as well as the voltage of

the


blower



"IC_Clearly" wrote in message
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I have a portable generator that is rated at 7,500 watts run and about
14,000 start. I have a 10 seer (sp?) central AC. Is it possible to
run
the
AC from the generator if nothing elese is attached to the generator?

Thanks.

IC