Is this a powerful enough Generator for me?

brianosaur wrote:
Okay, so I guess the answer my op is a "POSSIBLE" but advised to go bigger or go home.

Depends on what you mean by "bigger" ... as I said on Pg 1 of this discussion - "... the new Honda EU2200 has a 121 cc engine, this Westinghouse has a 79 cc engine - which do you think stands the best chances of successfully starting your A/C?"

Successfully starting any A/C compressor depends on ambient conditions - i.e. temperature & altitude. The hotter it is, the higher the elevation above sea level, the greater will be the load placed on the genset by the A/C compressor. That initial load can be eased substantially by equipping the A/C with a soft starter kit such as the Micro-Air Easy Start but it won't do a thing for A/Cs running amps requirement - only a higher capacity genset will solve that. For those that don't expect to be running A/C at higher elevations or in extreme temperatures the ready availability of these soft starter kits does now make it practical to consider powering a 13.5K BTU A/C with a Honda EU2000i or better still the new Honda EU2200i. Common sense however suggests that any genset with a much smaller 79 cc engine, be it this Westie you're talking about or even a Yamaha EF2000iS, is less likely to be able to cope with the initial surge load than a genset like the new Honda EU2200i which has a 50% larger 121 cc engine. Defined in this manner an EU2200i is "bigger" even though it's still a 2K genset. ;)