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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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Crabbypatty
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Jun 23, 2015
As others stated turn off other electrical items such as converter which converts 120 ac to 12v dc and charges the battery. Don't forget to turn off electric hot water heater, which uses huge power. Also to make it easier on the generator you can buy a hard start kit for the ac. Its just a larger capacitor that charges up then kicks the ac over.

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