shim 'n bucket

This is true. I experimented with a hard start capacitor (they temporarily give the compressor motor an extra "kick" on startup) and a delayed condenser fan start. I have a Honda eu2000 and a 13,500btu Carrier AC. The hard start cap made starting the AC much easier on the Honda, however as the ambient temperature went up, from 75F to 85F the cap failed to re-start the AC after it had been running. I added a delayed start timer to the condenser fan circuit which allowed the AC compressor to start by itself. The fan started 5 seconds later. This worked at up to 90F. At 95F my modifications failed altogether, simply too much head pressure to overcome at those temps. The Honda went into overload and kicked the breaker.

I was raised in Anchorage. I also spent 17 years in the bush with no running water or electricity. I remember it all too well. Staying up all night at -20F feeding the stove. During the day, time was spent thawing ice for drinking water and chopping wood. And then trying to stay dry in the constant rain caused from the condensation of just one's breath in a small shelter. January in Anchorage in a motorhome.....keep your motor runnin' and have some close friends who will let you crash at their place. I wouldn't have missed a minute of it...... I hope he keeps posting 'till his batteries freeze.