capt. mike
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well, more an RVer Q really.
this forum needs an RV section - but anyway - my Q:
has anyone run a roof top style RV AC with a 2000 w. Honda EU2000i inverter generator?
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you are going to need a bigger gen set.
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running the ac on a small gen set will burn it up
just like rumming a electric moter on a small extention cord the voltage drop will burn it up 2 k isnt gona be big enoff
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I have a Eu2000i and it wil NOT handle a rooftop RV AC. It runs a lot of things very well and I'm very happy with it, but no AC.
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We have two of them and very happy with them, but only one will not run A/C need hook two together & that will do it!
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figured...........
thx all.
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I think you need a 3500 to run most RV air conditioners.
I use a Honda 5.5hp, Coleman 3500 that has a 30 amp 120v outlet.
Without the 30amp 120v outlet, your A/C will choke and strain the generator.
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You are going to have to get more information than "roof top style". Like, what's the draw (watts or amps). There ARE units the Honda EU2000 will run.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Diver
I think you need a 3500 to run most RV air conditioners.
I use a Honda 5.5hp, Coleman 3500 that has a 30 amp 120v outlet.
Without the 30amp 120v outlet, your A/C will choke and strain the generator. |
I to have run a RV air conditioner on a 3500 gen set and it worked pretty good but you could not run anything else that is very large at the same
time.
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thx Roberto - yur right of course, i don't have the specs here in phx as the unit's in mulege at my palpapa. if i could look it up i could rate the
amps etc.
the honda website states the unit will run "smaller airconditioners" without being specific. it further states you need to daisy chain 2 EU2000i units
in parallel for 4K watts and then it is good for most RV roof mount units.
but what prompted my Q was that i have heard some have run their RV AC with one model like mine.
i am going to take it south manana. might try it but am concerned about effing up the AC, burning it up - whatever. i'll check the specs 1st and see
if it mates to the gen output.
the thing is, mulege's power goes out all the time and i need AC!!
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Likely it will not work alone.
As an alternative, a small 110 remote-vent unit will run on your generator. Most will run on 15 amps or less. (The kind for your house that has a hose
exhaust.)
With one of these units and your generator, you will have portable air-conditioning ! Take it to a friend's for dinner !?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
this forum needs an RV section - but anyway - my Q:
has anyone run a roof top style RV AC with a 2000 w. Honda EU2000i inverter generator? |
For RV specific questions, you might want to try http://www.rv.net/
As to your present question, my coach has a 15.0 btu (living room) and an 11.0 btu (bedroom) A/C and only the bedroom A/C will run on a 2K genset (if
I turn everything else off). Luckily I have a 5.5 KW genset and it does the job.
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