Air Compressor
I am looking for a air compressor to carry with me while we travel, has to be small and have a pressure up to 85lb, have been looking at Viair and a few others , don't know anything about them, if you...
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John - since your profile isn't complete and say what you have for an RV, I thought I'd pass this along.
I bought an air compressor from Lowes last year to run my impact tools for working on my hunting rigs. The compressor power requirement was 1400W. I only took one of my Honda 2,000s with me to run it. After all they're supposed to handle a 2000W surge and 1600Ws continuously.
That didn't work at all. That little compressor would kill the Honda as soon as it was plugged in. I had to go borrow a larger generator instead of driving all the way home. Later I plugged two of my Honda
s together. They'd start the air compressor, but they didn't like it.
I called the compressor mfg and they said inverter generators, like the Honda 2000s, don't like to start items like compressors. They were surprised that two Honda 2000s would do it.
Anyway, when you buy the air compressor, try it on your generator so you know it will work so that you can return it if it doesn't and so that you don't get a surprise out on the road.
Bill
I bought an air compressor from Lowes last year to run my impact tools for working on my hunting rigs. The compressor power requirement was 1400W. I only took one of my Honda 2,000s with me to run it. After all they're supposed to handle a 2000W surge and 1600Ws continuously.
That didn't work at all. That little compressor would kill the Honda as soon as it was plugged in. I had to go borrow a larger generator instead of driving all the way home. Later I plugged two of my Honda
s together. They'd start the air compressor, but they didn't like it.
I called the compressor mfg and they said inverter generators, like the Honda 2000s, don't like to start items like compressors. They were surprised that two Honda 2000s would do it.
Anyway, when you buy the air compressor, try it on your generator so you know it will work so that you can return it if it doesn't and so that you don't get a surprise out on the road.
Bill
