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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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AH64ID
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Jun 22, 2015
hohenwald48 wrote:
Chris Bryant wrote:
Starting current is not the issue- the OP simply needs to clean his air conditioner. 20 minutes, some coil cleaner (or formula 409) and a hose.


How can you tell that starting current is not the issue? Did you review any of the links?


It's not a starting issue as that happens in seconds and the OP doesn't have an issue for 5 minutes. Capacitors are not being utilized after 5 minutes of operation.

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