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melloftus
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Jul 30, 2019

1st time boondocking and could not get our AC to work

We did our 1st time boondocking trip this last weekend with our 2008 fleetwood mallard and sadly we could not get our A/C to work. My husband is now convinced we need a new generator where as I think ...
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Edd505
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Jul 30, 2019
Chum lee wrote:
At sea level, your genny should have enough power to run the AC, but,

Hot and above 5000 feet? Try this:


http://help.championpowerequipment.com/article/cklrbp8nzl-operation-at-high-altitude-jet

Chum lee


I live at 5000ft and my Champion 3500 runs one 15,000btu A/C. Let it worm a minute, turn off eco, and start the a/C. Turn everything else to gas, not auto on the fridge.

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