flashnolan
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I get power sags (not brown-outs as those are from the power utility) every time my refrigerator compressor turns on. There is a noticeable dimming of the lights in any room of the house when this happens. I am pretty sure this is due to a bad or non-existent ground in the electrical wiring. Since this is an apartment I can't rewire the electrical.
To my question: I am thinking about plugging the refrigerator into my UPS. When the compressor demands more power it will pull it out of the battery. From researching a conservative guess is that the compressor pulls about 20 amps during start up since motors pull more power until they get going. Do you think I would just pop the fuse in the UPS every time? What if I got a large enough UPS? Has any experimented with connecting a large Cap (like 1 Farad) like is done in a car stereo for a sub woofer?
To my question: I am thinking about plugging the refrigerator into my UPS. When the compressor demands more power it will pull it out of the battery. From researching a conservative guess is that the compressor pulls about 20 amps during start up since motors pull more power until they get going. Do you think I would just pop the fuse in the UPS every time? What if I got a large enough UPS? Has any experimented with connecting a large Cap (like 1 Farad) like is done in a car stereo for a sub woofer?