Furrion A/C soft start

[TC27]

Considering purchasing a portable generator to possibly run our 15K BTU A/C (model # FACR15HESA-BL) in our 2024 22MLE. I thought I read somewhere that Furrion now installs "soft starts" in their A/C units. Can anyone confirm or debunk this??? Thanks for the help.

[howson]

Considering purchasing a portable generator to possibly run our 15K BTU A/C (model # FACR15HESA-BL) in our 2024 22MLE. I thought I read somewhere that Furrion now installs "soft starts" in their A/C units. Can anyone confirm or debunk this??? Thanks for the help.

Not to my knowledge.

If you'd like to do more research, Lippert has a list of Furrion A/C units and their manuals here: https://support.lci1.com/air-conditioning

If you call Lippert and ask them your question, please post back what they say.

Howard

[emcee]

According to this etrailer review, the FACR15SA-W-C does have a soft start capacitor. It also has the dual fan design just like the FACR15HESA. So probably not all Furrion AC's have that capacitor, but the FACR15HESA might. Needs further investigation: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-Demo-Fur...R15SA-W-C.aspx

[howson]

According to this etrailer review, the FACR15SA-W-C does have a soft start capacitor. It also has the dual fan design just like the FACR15HESA. So probably not all Furrion AC's have that capacitor, but the FACR15HESA might. Needs further investigation: https://www.etrailer.com/tv-Demo-Fur...R15SA-W-C.aspx

That's is an intriguing design. Thanks for posting the link.

From the etrailer site:

So right off you can see it's a nice dual fan technology has a condenser fan with an own separate motor and an evaporator fan with its own motor. This will run 25% more efficiently than a single fan unit. You notice they use custom fit foam pieces here that will fit over the condenser fan and the evaporator fan to provide a nice, very efficient system. The dual fan technology is more quiet than a single fan unit, and it includes a sleep mode function to further reduce vibration and noise. This AC unit does use a soft turn-on feature with no extra start capacitor needed.

[TC27]

So I finally got a hold of Tech Support at Furrion and was told that they do not install soft starts in any of their AC units!

[howson]

So I finally got a hold of Tech Support at Furrion and was told that they do not install soft starts in any of their AC units!

My experience is limited to the MicroAir unit...but I'd buy it again without hesitation. Both (one in each a.c unit) have served me well over the years.