Cannot run A/C while at highway speeds
This is long and I am sorry for that. But describing the setup and problem is necessary. Here is my situation. First of all, this is a 2005 Hitchhiker II 32.5 UKTG fifth wheel. I have built a ge...
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scottandgaye wrote:GordonThree wrote:
OP: your test #1 doesn't really prove anything, and you said it yourself. running the generators with no load is running the generators with no load.
I mentioned previously about putting a heavy load on the generators using space heaters. I can easily put 3-4 kw of load on with just the space heaters my wife has laying around. I would obviously want to secure them so that they do not tip over and start a larger problem. With a full (resistive) load, do you think that would potentially identify the generators as the culprit? If they still run fine with the heavier load, have I really ruled a vacuum builup out as an issue?
Sounds like a fine test to me... you'll want to make sure the heaters cycle on and off, like the AC would, so the generators have to handle starting a load while at speed, not just carrying one they started at a stand still.
Have the wife drive, and you can ride in back and switch the heaters off and on while at highway speed, toggle your main breaker, or the breakers the heaters are on, so they turn off and on at the same time.
