Air Conditioner on the Generator
My neighbor just came home with a 2006 Winnebago Adventurer. The air conditioners work fine on shore power, but will not work at all off the generator. Anyone have an idea of what might be wrong?
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Portable generator or class A with built in
Portable: Primary suspect: Generator too small
Installed In "line" order
Circuit breakers on Generator
Manual Transfer not plugged in
Auto transfer not working (Do other 120 volt things like MIcrowave work?)
Generator losing capacity due to age and lack of exercise. Generator output voltage.
Something I've not seen before
NOTE: Air conditioners are also "Variable" on mine if I park under the cottonwoods in cottonwood season, or if for some other reason the condensers start gunking up... with "Cotton" the system gets hot, pressures rise, the compressor works harder and CLICK goes the 20 amp breaker.. The bigger A/C draws less than 14 amps normally.. A quick trip topside and they work great again.
Portable: Primary suspect: Generator too small
Installed In "line" order
Circuit breakers on Generator
Manual Transfer not plugged in
Auto transfer not working (Do other 120 volt things like MIcrowave work?)
Generator losing capacity due to age and lack of exercise. Generator output voltage.
Something I've not seen before
NOTE: Air conditioners are also "Variable" on mine if I park under the cottonwoods in cottonwood season, or if for some other reason the condensers start gunking up... with "Cotton" the system gets hot, pressures rise, the compressor works harder and CLICK goes the 20 amp breaker.. The bigger A/C draws less than 14 amps normally.. A quick trip topside and they work great again.
