Most air conditioning systems that I know of can have a "hard start" kit installed to keep the lights from dimming on start. I wonder if the heat pump (being an air conditioner with the "cycle" reversed) would benefit.
If you think about it. Any motor, when started is a "dead short" across the line. So, for the split second before the rotor comes up to speed, there is no difference of potential between the 2 phases. This "dead short" is what causes the lights to dim.
Well, this so called "hard start kit", which I'm sure has capacitors in it, is supposed to "relieve" that problem.
Good Luck,
Doc
[This message has been edited by The Watt Doctor (edited 12-08-2002).]
