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What is the quietest 3000 generator on the market and the best for the dollar? Looking to parallel 2 of them together.
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My Honda 3000 was 126.8v no load and with a load of 1910VA (by Kill-a-watt) that dropped to 122.7v
Don't know what one a/c draws but I could run one 15 size in the 5er on a 15a circuit with power management operation.
When the a/c cycles what happens? What if they both cycled at the same time? One end of the RV would have a different climate than the other, so would they operate randomly and only cycle at once as a fluke? What happens if they both do it?
That 1910VA was with a 100a charger. There is controversy whether it should have a 20a or a 15a plug, depending on how it is used. ISTR there is a rule about "continuous" vs "temporary" and the charger is portable but can be a converter (installed) too, but not always on. What do they call an RV air conditioner for that code application?
As to the whole 1800 and 3600 deal, you have that 80% margin requirement for circuit breakers, etc. Is that how the 100 amper can run on a 15a circuit pulling 1910VA?
Is two air conditioner operation on a 30a the same thing for getting above 80%?
What if the no load of a gen is 120v instead of 126v? Likely to get so low as to hurt the air conditioner (which can't take low voltage like a converter can and survive ok)
Perhaps there needs to be more definition of which exact gens at which no load voltages you can "get away with it" and which ones you can't. From the info seen so far, it doesn't look like a good idea to generalize that they can all do it. Also one same watt rated gen may drop more from the same no load under the same load, depending on the specs of the gen--engine size or whatever.
Don't know what one a/c draws but I could run one 15 size in the 5er on a 15a circuit with power management operation.
When the a/c cycles what happens? What if they both cycled at the same time? One end of the RV would have a different climate than the other, so would they operate randomly and only cycle at once as a fluke? What happens if they both do it?
That 1910VA was with a 100a charger. There is controversy whether it should have a 20a or a 15a plug, depending on how it is used. ISTR there is a rule about "continuous" vs "temporary" and the charger is portable but can be a converter (installed) too, but not always on. What do they call an RV air conditioner for that code application?
As to the whole 1800 and 3600 deal, you have that 80% margin requirement for circuit breakers, etc. Is that how the 100 amper can run on a 15a circuit pulling 1910VA?
Is two air conditioner operation on a 30a the same thing for getting above 80%?
What if the no load of a gen is 120v instead of 126v? Likely to get so low as to hurt the air conditioner (which can't take low voltage like a converter can and survive ok)
Perhaps there needs to be more definition of which exact gens at which no load voltages you can "get away with it" and which ones you can't. From the info seen so far, it doesn't look like a good idea to generalize that they can all do it. Also one same watt rated gen may drop more from the same no load under the same load, depending on the specs of the gen--engine size or whatever.
