Good morning Gavin! Early bird gets the 🐛! Man, this is a great device! Use it to monitor non Bluetooth capable gen sets, and soft start for everything. My Honda has Bluetooth, but this is good for redundancy, super awesome for older units. This will make voltage and current much more stable when you have a hard hit such as air compressors, ac compressors, refrigerators, hot water elements and all high draw items. I'm ordering one today. Don't even have our 5th wheel hauler yet, but here in a couple months, while the market is soft. Good time to buy this year for those that have been saving. Great video as always, well spent $300 right here. Thanks big buddy! Thumbs up and comment for the algorithm!

Hi Gavin. Great useful tools for RV’s. Cannot wait for tools like this to connect to Generator, then going to Power input 30amp plug to protect and assist CB PANEL and appliances. As you know I’m trying to learn about Generators and properly using them safely. Also protecting my home. Keep up the great work, your fans enjoy your work that you provide us. All the best, Mike i.

Great video. This could be useful on an RV, but kind of expensive if all most people will need is soft start on the AC. Now something like this (in 240 volt) connected to a whole house when powered by a generator could be a game changer. The 5,000 to 7,000 watt generators start to look a whole lot more useful.

I really would like to see this unit tested on an RV without a soft start already installed. Showing this works with a 2000 watt Gen and 15K BTU AC. I also have soft starts on both ACs but this would be a better option if it works as good as the hard wired dedicated soft starters. Testing this in front of a soft start still has me wondering. Thanks Gavin. I love the way you explain everything in such detail.

This is a fantastic idea!! Somewhat expensive, but having AC in July is worth the cost.

Gavin, this is an Unfair test, your A/C units have soft start’s currently installed. A test without any Modifications to the unit’s would be Fair!

Great video Gavin, looks like the active start works well, I would be curious to see it work on a non soft start installed unit.

Great I just spent $450 on 50 amp surge protector last week can’t spend another $500 on this better one When it come out mine is obsolete

Great job. You have a knack for this.

Great video! REAL INFORMATION!!

Thought about using something similar for the well pump and mini-split on the house.

Great video. Very good information 👍.

Great video, please test without and then with the Active start to show the difference.

Kind of pricey if you have a single ac on your rv. But, if you have 2 ac's, this would be good since 2 softstart's would be $600. Only other concern I would have would be the surge protection. If the surge protector does get hit and blows, does it reset or is it trashed? BTW: I looked on their web site and see they have a 20 Amp version too. Only $265 for it. I think that would be good for guys like me with 2000 watt generators and only need to run one ac.

Great video!thank you

It would be very interesting to see this soft start on a oscilloscope, any idea how they work?

I’ll be installing the soft start on my central A/C unit at home. I see they sell the 20 amp version of this soft start. Can I use the plug in soft start on my home refrigerators? Trying to lower the most inrush load of my generator. Predator 9500.

I emailed them about a 14/30 version for my offgrid system.

This soft start makes it possible for my Honda 2200 ci to power the 15000 btu a/c in my toyhauler.

When using both together (Active Start and the hard wired soft start.) would it lower the inrush current even more. If it does I’ll be interested to see if a even smaller generator ( like the predator 1400) can start the a/c.

May I please ask this question: What is the point of this test, as the only thing it proves is the "Active Start" soft start device is capable of starting an A/C that has a hard-wired soft start device already installed. Maybe I missed something?

hi Gavin, last year i was getting the 2300xi duro max dual fuel will the active start power my 13500 btu on my 30amp travel trailer ? thanks Werner great video like always

I believe the hard wired MicroAir soft start you put directly on A/C has MORE surge reduction than this ACTIVE START.

Gavin, do you believe there is any further benefit to having one of these in addition to already having a softstart hardwired like in your video? in other words do you see any further starting current reduction piggybacking these? i would assume not, but currious.

How nice thanks

I love mine

What is a floater and why? What happens if you don't use a floater or have it? With your current unit, what happens if you don't use the soft starter.

Great video Gavin! Do you have any idea when the 50 amp is coming out?

At 3:34 you say "Even though I already have a soft start................" so how is this a fair evaluation? Other KZfaqrs have had mixed results but I bought mine after watching another video and posting a question/comment and contacting the company explaining what I was hoping for. I am running a 5000 BTU A/C with a Honda EU2200 and I wanted to be able to run the generator on Eco mode where it only runs fast enough to power the load. Of course then when the compressor on the A/C kicks in the generator has to increase the RPM to accommodate the extra load putting stress on the generator and the A/C, or so it seems. I explained this in both my inquiries and was told that this would absolutely help that situation. But in practice I see no appreciable difference with the Active Start in use or out. This not being an inexpensive item, I would suggest you do a bit more due diligence before purchasing this thinking it is going to be an easy solution to your concerns. I wish I had.

do they make a version that can be used for the House?

I thought the Active Start already has a built in Soft Starter to lower the amperage why would you also need to install a soft starter on the AC unit as well?

Mine is a 50a trailer but hooked up all summer to a 30a pedestal. Would this be the right one, or do I need the 50a model? Would this one unit allow me to start the 2nd ac? I can currently only run one ac at a time on the 30a pedestal.

Can you run the gen on echo mode using this soft start to run the 13.5 BTU AC?

What does it look inside?

Can you use Economode on the generator?

Not sure I understand what you tested. You have a soft start in your AC and used Active Start on your gen to run it? Or did you test the Active Start without the Soft Starter AC?

I'm confused which active start I would need. I see they sell a 20 amp and a 30 amp. If I have a 30 amp airstream with a single air conditioner and a 330i Generac generator that needs the adapter for the 30 rv plug, do I get the 30 amp active start.

Did the AC start with the gen in Eco Mode?....

Now will a device like this work for your home?

Hi do you have a link to this company for I can buy one of these I've been trying to find it and I can't find the company

How would you compare this with the Hughes Power Watchdog if soft start wasn't a consideration?

Hey Gavin, because its also a surge protector, can it still be used if i already have a surge protector wired inside my RV?

does this work on a 13.5k btu ac w/o a softstart?

Curious if this would work for a sump pump?

Why can't you just plug the RV cord directly into the inverter?

This is exactly what I need but I need 2 of them for 2 different generators. $1000 bucks 🤦

Just won't work with boondocking camper with solar and inverter, inverter shuts it down is the Word on the street

I can run a 13.5 without a soft start.

All ACs are soft start anyway. It's just a question of are you adding an extra capacitor. My 11500 AC normally draws about 15 amps..... But draws 53 when starting..... And the normal stock AC capacitor takes care of majority of it. I had a problem once when I couldn't start the AC on my TT with a generator and it turned out to be slightly corroded spade terminal connections on the AC capacitor. Any resistance greatly increases the voltage loss and the amperage required there..... Make sure those connections are clean and solid. It probably wouldn't hurt to have antioxidant paste on them. Of course the crappy Chinese capacitors you get today die with regularity after 5 to 10 years so you should always have a spare on hand, and know how to change it. Cheap insurance. Capacitors are so cheap it makes you wonder why rv AC manufacturers don't install even larger ones normally.... Because RVs are frequently run on generator

$445 for a small box with electrolytic capacitors and a bluetooth transmitter interface.

Bruh... I appreciate the attempt to demonstrate the effectiveness of this particular soft-start version. But, your comparison is flawed and can't be trusted because you already have a soft start hard-wired in. We have no way of telling if the remote box tested actually works! Disconnect the one up top that's hardwired and use only the pedestal/generator version and THEN we'll know if the product is full of baloney or not! DO IT!

Stupid expensive