I was more commenting on the fact that many seem to think running anything more than 5 amp load is somehow detrimental to the life of the eu2000i. The Mach 1 starts up so smooth with the built in start kit, it should be a total non issue. My 1200/1500 watt champion generator starts, and gets back up to 120 volts within 3 seconds. give it another 5 and the compressor gently loading up overloads the unit by slowly dragging down the voltage. It runs a little over 11 amps before it tapers off back to under 10.