(01-06-2025, 12:40 PM)crokett™ Wrote: Someone suggested to me that I look into a soft start attachment for my heat pump to make it easier on the generator.   From looking into it it seems that it slowly ramps things up so there is not a surge when the heat pump starts.    Is it worth doing?  Would it affect anything under normal operation?  I am comfortable around electricity, less so on the control side of a heat pump.  It seems that looking this would be installed on the run windings and run capacitor.  How complicated would it be for me to install?

(Yesterday, 12:56 PM)crokett™ Wrote: I am going to ask my HVAC guy tomorrow when he comes out.  Last night my wife was complaining about it being cold.  Lows for the next few days are ~20.  I started thinking it was going to be a thermostat battle until checking it was calling for heat but temps inside were down to 64.  The outside unit wasn't running.  Following the "when in doubt reboot" action plan I turned off the breakers for a minute or so then turned them back on.  The outdoor unit came on but as of about 11 AM today it still hadn't caught up.  The upstairs unit has been keeping the upstairs a few degrees warmer and is cycling normally, so it's not that it's too cold.  There's something wrong somewhere.  The unit is producing some heat, the line outside is almost too hot to touch for very long.