Easy start on 2000 watt 13500 btu

jodeb720 wrote:
I have a coleman 13.5 and a honda 2000.
At Sea Level, 70 Degrees they work in harmony.

At 95 degrees and 1000' elevation & eco mode off, it'll start and use ever bit of the 2000 watts it can put out for 20 minutes then overload.

At 4000', again, with Eco off, I can start it and get it to run for maybe 10 minutes and overload.

I like knowing that my rooftop HVAC and generator will reliably and harmoniously work when I don't need them (70 degrees @ sea level) and that they probably won't when I do need them. Sounds like a match made in heaven.

Chum lee

Not the right combo. Start up voltage will kill your gen.
You need 3,000 watts. Some seem to get away with 2,400 or 2,600 watts.
My house is at 5,000 feet. The mountains go up from there.

I have a coleman 13.5 and a honda 2000.
At Sea Level, 70 Degrees they work in harmony.
At 95 degrees and 1000' elevation & eco mode off, it'll start and use ever bit of the 2000 watts it can put out for 20 minutes then overload.
At 4000', again, with Eco off, I can start it and get it to run for maybe 10 minutes and overload.

The Easy Start may solve your problem - but you're right at the upper limit of what your generator may do. A 2000 Generator may put it out, but for how long (again, my experience with my honda is it's rated at 2000 watts max, for 20 minutes but sustains 1600Watts continuously.

Oh, I do have a hard start kit on my unit as well.

Over the long term, I don't believe you'll get away with running that big of a load on your generator. It will be doing all it can to run the A/C and after a little bit of that, it will turn into a pile of worn out scrap.

The hard start will have to come out for the easy start.

My 2500 doesn't even blink at my 15k A/C with an easy start.

likely will start it. honda 2000 will do it just fine even in eco mode . the bigger question is what altitude are you expecting to run it at? Honda 2000 will overload at about 4000ft at higher temps and cut out after 5-15 minutes. Honda 2200 will start and run my coleman mach 3 all day at 7500ft.
At 4000ft the honda 2200 runs at about 3/4 throttle and has about 300W of reserve.

It's going to work that gen to death.

What is the elevation and temperature?

I have a 2000 Wen and a 13,500, with hard start cap. It starts it fine, the first time. When it tries to cycle it overloads and goes into limp mode.I was looking at $3xx for an easy start and about $450 for another gen, I'll go with the second generator and parralel kit. I don't see it as smart to push a genny that hard and kill it early. You are planning on running it at max capacity non stop for how long ? Might want to re think how much hassle it is to parralel 2 2000's

I don't have a clue if it will work, but ISTR on here reading that even if it does work the first time or two, the a/c sort of builds up resistance to restarting when cycling on and off. If that is true ???? you could be fooled if it runs ok the first time.