Dual Honda 2200's

road-runner wrote:

2oldman wrote:

I think the 'take away' here for anyone reading is that whether one 2k or 2.2k will start and run your air is entirely an individual experience.

This IMO is THE one and only correct broad statement that can be made. The generator will be running near its capacity. If it's slightly below capacity, there's no problem. But when something is near the edge, little things can make all the difference, for instance: Temperature, humidity, characteristics of the specific air conditioner, tune condition of the generator, RV owner controlling other loads, battery state of charge, elevation, location of the generator (sun, shade, etc.), quality of the dogbone connector, and other little details.

at low altitude my experience on my AC unit and many others is that a honda 2000 has plenty of reserve to keep 13.5K AC units running if you can get them started. It's the engine power that gets you as altitude goes up. somewhere around 3500-4500 FT the 2000 engine starts to reduce generator output and it eventually overloads. And at low altitude they aren't running near flat out. High altitude, yup. And at high altitude using one generator w/o a micro air easy start very often is an excercise in futility to get the AC started anyway. Some people are successful, but many more seem to be out of luck.

And even at low altitude you need to make sure the fridge is on propane, and other AC loads are turned off, like the converter etc.

But the new 2200 has a 20% larger engine but 10% more power. So, first it has more reserve, and second with the larger engine it may also not loose max output till a higher altitude.