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The issue for most of us is Air Conditioning. In rush current can be 5 times the operating current. Even allowing a 30% voltage sag, a 20kW unit will barely start a 5 ton air conditioner. We also sell soft-starts which reduce in-rush to 50% over running current. A 10 kW unit could start that.
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