Why don't they just...
I'm a little surprised that campers aren't equipped with some sort of two-stage air conditioning that would operate on ~1,500 watts for the sake of a 'common' ~2000 watt generator. OTOH, I'm sure t...
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ScottG wrote:
Your right K3WE. They have multi-stage cooling systems for residential use that work great. They run at lower speeds and continuously for better comfort and are more quiet, more efficient and only ramp up when more power is needed.
I suspect cost is the reason we don't see that technology on RV's.
But we shouldn't over simpify this:
The system you describe "automatically determines" high or low depending on your need for cooling- but always has full ELECTRICAL power available.
There's no good way for an air conditioner to "automatically determine" that it's hooked to an under-sized generator (or determine exactly what size the generator is.
The user needs to flip an over ride switch to force the RV air conditioner to stay in the "low mode" even if it's 98 degrees inside. The user also needs to know if his "little" generator is big enough.
Like one poster above said- if we had AC broadly designed to work off 1500 watts when you are dry camping, someone's going to want a system to use an 800 watt generator...
Interesting comments so far, though.
