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qwerty11
Explorer
Sep 30, 2013

Hurts Gen or AC when stumbling to start AC in ECO mode?

I like to run the Champion 2k on ECO mode as it conserves gas when the compressor on the AC isn't running. However when the compressor kicks on the surge bogs the generator for a second, during this t...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Oct 01, 2013
otrfun wrote:
Either this generator has very little headroom or that little a/c unit has one huge amount of inrush current when that compressor kicks on.
Agreed. Seems extreme for a 5k A/C unit.

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