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EasyStart™ 364: The Airstreamers’ Answer to RV A/C Starting on Small Generators (Micro-Air)

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Who is Micro-Air? • Micro-Air was founded in 1983, and has always manufactured the digital controls for Marine Air Systems. • Micro-Air began manufacturing almost all of the digital controls for the Cruisair brand after Dometic purchased both brands in 2003. • Today, Micro-Air continues producing almost all of the digital Allentown, NJ - Established 1983 cabin and chiller controls used by Dometic Marine. We also sell controls to all the top marine HVAC OEMs in the USA. Then… • We developed many other controls manufactured in volume for OEMs: air conditioning, refrigeration, ice machines, water makers, safety equipment and even paintball guns. And now…

What Is The EasyStart™? • EasyStart™ is the only soft starter for single-phase motors operating at 115-240VAC/50-60Hz, exclusively available from Micro-Air and its dealers. • With unmatched performance and compressor- protection features, it allows you to start your air conditioner on a limited power source, such as a generator, inverter or 30-amp hookup, when it otherwise would not have been possible. • Popular applications include: RV Rooftop A/Cs, marine A/Cs and chillers, residential and commercial A/Cs, emergency power contexts, refrigeration equipment, and high-horsepower pump motors.

What Can It Do For You? • Start your A/C without buying a second or bigger generator or inverter • Run 2 air conditioners on a 30-amp cord • Sleep, with less noise, and cool all through the night • Run your A/C with more appliances at the same time • Five minute restart protection • Protect your A/C’s compressor better than any OEM factory configuration can • Extend run time of A/C on battery bank power source

How EasyStart™ Works • Reduces start current by up to 65-75% • A one-of-a-kind soft starter for RV rooftop motors • Gentle four part start ramp • Five learning starts: It "learns" your A/Cs compressor motor • EasyStart™ is the only solution that allows an air conditioner to operate on a smaller generator, inverter, or limited utility power, even on a 2000 watt generator. • Even in ECO mode, it is proven that EasyStart™ can start and run any RV rooftop A/C on a Honda EU2000i generator

EasyStart Models EasyStart 364 (3 ton) – RV / Marine EasyStart 368 (6 ton) – Residential • The 368 is meant for A/C units from • The 364 is meant for all RV rooftop A/C units from 5K to 36K BTUs. Most are less 37K to 72K BTUs – mostly residential. than 16K BTUs. Ask us about this application!

EasyStart™ Compressor Protection • EasyStart™ continues to monitor and protect the compressor, even after the start-up sequence is completed. • Checks for fault conditions and indicates on LEDs the conditions found, and waiting 5 minutes before attempting another restart:  Stall – If the compressor stops rotating after the startup sequence is completed, perhaps due to low AC voltage (brownout).  Overcurrent – If compressor draws more current than the EasyStart™ is rated for.  Open Overload – If the Compressor overload protector (Klixon) opens due to compressor overheating or excessive current draw.  Wiring – If EasyStart™ wiring becomes disconnected or was improperly installed.  Power Interruption – If a very short duration (50ms) power interruption occurs, which is typically enough to stall the compressor.  Short-Cycle Prevention – If the thermostat calls to run the compressor again before 5 minutes has expired, allowing the internal refrigerant pressures to equalize. Note that this 5-minute timer is “smart” in that it even keeps track of the elapsed time while power is completely removed from the EasyStart™.

How does it compare to a hard start? It’s Apples… And Oranges! + = = • Hard starts don’t solve problems. They “learn” nothing. • They are a basic start capacitor in series with a temperature resistor without knowledge of your compressor. • Hard starts actually increase start-up amperage torque and reduce the start-up duration. This hits your compressor hard with no gentle ramp up and doesn’t always work. • EasyStart dramatically reduces start-up amperage requirements AND distributes it over a longer period of time – and gently too – with a very simple four wire installation.

EasyStart Examples –Wit’ and Wit’out The Spike vs. The Gentle Ramp ASY-364-X20 (3 ton)

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Five Learning Starts • Why? ▫ Software and hardware of the EasyStart learns your compressor motor on a solid power source to allow quiet, gentle starts every time. • How? ▫ Connect to utility power and set your thermostat control (A/C or heat) to reach set point or connect to two 2000 watt generators in tandem (not in ECO mode) and do the same. • When? ▫ The first five starts after installation. • How Long? ▫ Allow the thermostat to cycle the air conditioner 5x normally or you can manually set the thermostat and cycle by hand. A five minute That was Easy! delay between starts automatically forced by EasyStart protects your compressor and requires this process to take at least 25 minutes.

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The EasyStart™ 364 People The Most Sophisticated, Best Performing, And Lowest Cost Soft Starter In The World!