April 2, 20215 yr Who used one of these starters on their fridges / aircons? Did it work? Where can I buy one? The reason why I asked , i want to use it on my fridges to reduce the inrush current during the night. My 4 fridges kicks in at the same time during the night, which trickers my inverter to change over to utilitiy, which increases my bill.
April 3, 20215 yr Using a soft starter will mean replacing the entire air-con or fridge unit. The entire air-con needs to be replaced with a inverter drive air-con. They use at least 40% less power then the normal air-cons. It is in some cases worth replacing all the air-con units within a house with inverter drive air-cons to reduce the required inverter capacity when going solar.
April 4, 20215 yr Gerrie is correct. Standalone soft starters and Variable speed variable frequency drives are for 3 phase induction motors. Unless you have a pretty big fridge or aircon it won't have a three phase motor 🙂 If don't already have A+ appliances have a look they generally pay for themselves in the long run. Modern appliances come inverter supplied motors. That will have a reduced startup current. But it probably won't be feasible to retrofit to an existing appliance. As a cheap fix you could have them all on their own timers. Staggering their running times. A fridge that stays closed won't lose that much during the night Edited April 4, 20215 yr by Jaws
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