80 amp converter and eu2000i

Strange, I replied but now I see my post is gone.. Hmm, I'll try this again.

Thanks Road-Runner. I had forgotten about gens being rated in VA's. Seems the 80A is just too much for my little Honda so I'll be ordering the 60A version. The good part is I'll save some money and have even less voltage drop. I'll just have to run it longer during those few times I have to recharge at a site or maybe invest in some solar.

Thanks again, for the input,

S

Although I haven't used the 9180 specifically, I have used a number of other Progressive Dynamic (PD) and PowerMax (PM) converters.  The vast majority of these RV-type converters from PD, PM, etc. have very similar efficiency. I'd have to concur with "one guy" who said the 9180 would pull approx. 15a (1800w) while producing 80a. I used to own a PD9270 (70a) converter that pulled 13a (1560w).

Your Honda 2000w is rated at 1600w (13.3a) of continuous current and 2000w (16.6a) for 30 min. Assuming your Honda is capable of producing its rated output, it should be able to power the 9180.  However, it's going to be running absolutely flat-out and more. It won't like it. We have a Honda 2200 with a 15a continuous current rating (18.3a 30 min rating). We limit long-term loads to 13.3a. The Honda 2200 experiences a significant reduction in NVH when the load is reduced from 15a to ~13.3a.

For what it's worth, after dealing with scenarios like yours for years, it was a breath of fresh-air to be able to program maximum charge current (and/or maximum input current) to match shore or generator capacity with our Victron Multiplus. The Multiplus charger is also dramatically efficient---I was stunned the first time we used our Honda 2200 to charge. We typically get ~95a of charge current bulk charging our 12v lifepo4 pack using only ~13.5a of 120vac. When we're on 20 - 30a shore power we usually see 115-118a of charge current using only ~16.6a of 120vac.