Quote Originally Posted by godmod View Post
He means that he is wondering if the Amps drawn by the compressor at startup will exceed its maximum rating or if it will be within specifications.
This is what I still need to find out. Hopefully it will be within specifications, or can be persuaded to by allowing the discharge to bypass into the expansion tank immediately upon start-up. I figure opening a solenoid valve between the compressor discharge line and the expansion tank for maybe the first few seconds would probably do it.

The LG QA090C's motor current rating is 5.2 amps @ 115V, exceeding this by as much as 1.25% (6.5 amps) for a short period of time should do no harm, and is considered acceptable. Going much over this could cause a premature failure.

So I'll see what happens later today.