Generac IQ2000 (Long winded report)
First off I want to say Generac as a company was pretty responsive to deal with. They answered my calls and emails timely and professionally. What I did not like was all of the excuses I got from them...
Forum Discussion
road-runner wrote:
The Yamaha ef2000is engine is 79cc. I've not used one myself, but there have been a few forum reports that suggest it performs just as strongly as the Honda eu2000i. Illogical as it may seem, the best indicator I've noticed for inverter generator performance is how much it costs.
Now that's about as vague as it can get - "strongly". :R Fact is, the Yamaha EF2000iS's engine is 20% smaller in capacity than the Honda EU2000i and the result is predictable - a limited surge capability, while many Honda EU2000i owners find their EU2000i will easily sustain a full 2000 watt surge load for at least 1/2 hr. This is a BIG difference and one of several reasons so many report success in using a single EU2000i to start and run a typical 13,500 BTU A/C. I've done it myself, with two different EU2000i gensets, with different brands of A/C from Carrier to Coleman to Dometic. It's all in the "grunt under the hood" and simply put the Honda EU2000i has more of it. :W
