From: dannyb@panix.com   
      
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   >Does anybody have experience with soft-start circuits for domestic   
   >refrigerators? The goal would be to minimize the size of inverter   
   >or generator needed to run a fridge during an outage.   
   >...   
      
   You all know that bad feeling when there's a terrific product   
   that, well, is just dropped by the manufacturer?   
      
   Yamaha, which has been fighting a losing battle with Honda   
   for high quality commodity portable generators, had a line   
   which was _perfectly_ suited for dealing with this issue.   
      
   These were inverter units, battery started, which... (sit   
   down for this one..)   
      
    ... which kept the battery inline while the generator   
   was operating.   
      
   If the load suddenly increased (as in, oh, that starting   
   surge we all know an hate), the generator, or I guess more   
   accurately the inverter, could tap off the battery so as   
   to get short term extra capacity.   
      
      
      
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