IT'S A MIRACLE! 13.5AC on EU2000i Generator!

SoundGuy wrote:

RSD559 wrote:
Priorities. You have priorities. If I'm not plugged in and it's hot. Sorry, no popcorn and no hair dryer. I get cranky when I'm hot. After I broke in my EasyStart last summer, I checked the amps on my EMS display while the A/C was running. It was about 100 that day and the trailer is in the sun. Nothing but the A/C and the inverter was on. It was about 17 amps, if I remember. My A/C is a 15k BTU unit.
The idea of running a $1000+ generator in the heat with a full load and at high RPMs hurts me. I would rather have something that handles the load easily and doesn't have to run hard. Just because you can do it doesn't mean you should.

You seem to be confusing running amps with starting amps ... it's the latter the Micro-Air Easy Start solves but does nothing to lower running amps, nor does the manufacturer ever claim it does. If you want to run lots of "stuff" then of course you'd want to be using a genset capable of handling that running load. Expecting any 2K genset to constantly support a running load well beyond it's amp rating isn't the genset manufacturers' fault nor Micro-Air's, it's yours. :R

I understand just fine. My point was that my 15k A/C uses about 17 amps on a hot day at about 500 feet elevation. Most of the 2000 watt generators rate at about 1600 running watts. So if your A/C will run on your 2000 watt generator, you are probably stressing it, and I wouldn't stress a $1000+ generator to save hauling 50 extra pounds. I only mentioned the Easy Start because it was why I was checking the amps used, to make sure it wasn't doing something wacky.

After re-reading my original post, I can see where you're coming from, SoundGuy. Sorry for the confusion. The Easy Start had nothing to do with the meat of the post, even though it looked like it did.