Ignoramus18851 wrote:

There are some intermittent problems at home related to me starting my
RPC. It is beginning to affect my marriagee.

1. A TV once turned off

2. At another time, our kitchen oven, where me and my son placed some
cookies to bake, went crazy and went into a cleaning mode and burned
the cookies.

I suspect that it is so because the main 10 HP motor takes a
comparatively long time (1-2 seconds) to spin up, and draws about 120
amps during this time.

I am considering adding some capacitance to increase its starting
speed, but would like to double check if this is a step in the right
direction. I would turn these caps off after the motor comes up to
speed.

thanks

i

Sounds like you have an excuse to upgrade your electrical service. The
problem isn't your RPC, that's a perfectly normal home shop item, the
problem is your inadequate electrical service.

Tell the SO that your glad the RPC has pointed out the potentially
dangerous deficiencies of the homes electrical service so you can
upgrade to 400A service before there is a fire or something.

Pete C.