Inverter Generator Update?

RSD559 wrote:
If you make the mistake with a Honda, you basically have a $2300 anchor.

SoundGuy wrote:
EASY solution - just equip the A/C unit with a soft starter kit such as the Micro-Air Easy Start Soft Starter Kit and you'd be able to start a 13,500 BTU A/C with a 2K genset such as an EU2000i. Reports here on rv.net from those who've tried it confirm nothing larger necessary. ;)

troubledwaters wrote:
Good advice, after you have spent twice as much money on the Honda then go spend some more money on the AC so the Honda will do what you bought it to do.

Point is, with these soft starters kits now readily available there's no need for any genset larger than 2K for successfully starting a 13,500 BTU A/C. The problem is that not many seem to be aware of this soft starter solution so the end result is the constant repetition of outdated advice that in order to successfully start an A/C one must use a 3K or larger genset ... which is simply no longer true. :R

I've owned 2 EU2000i gensets, eventually sold both due to lack of use and although either would start my A/C units each equipped with a hard start Supco SPP6 neither would do it at temps I'd most likely wanting to be using A/C, ~ 85F and higher. :M Had I been aware of these soft starter kits I'd have definitely kept my last EU2000i, knowing that would have solved my A/C starting issues under all conditions. For those who may own a larger, heavier 3K genset the solution is simple - sell it and use the proceeds to buy a 2K such as a much lighter EU2000i plus a soft starter kit for the A/C. :B