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pbbrgr
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Jun 18, 2015

Honda eu3000 overload running carrier air v for 5 minutes

I have a carrier air v air conditioner on top of my 16 foot carson fun runner. My honda eu 3000 starts the air conditioner no problem. But after 5 to 7 minutes the generator trips the overload alarm a...
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pbbrgr
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Jun 19, 2015
nevadanick wrote:
Make sure water heater is set to gas as well as fridge and also turn off eco switch on generator. My EU3000 would run my ac at 5k ft.


I think the frig is elec only. But I turned it off when trying the air anyway. And yes the eco switch is set to off.

If I unhook the batteries do you think that will help? Could it be that the battery charger in the trailer is coming on to charge the batteries and that flips the breaker on the generator?

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