microair easy start results
Well, here is a summary of the microair easy start on my coleman MachIII 13.5KBTU AC. First, the current results before installation. I had the supco soft start cap along with a 10 second time de...
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Micro-Air wrote:I'm sorry, some of "we" know different. My eu2000i tops out a bit over 1900VA even at sea level, and if you'd been following eu2000i forum posts for the past 10 years you'd have found multiple similar reports. At 3,000 feet, mine will barely hold 1600VA after it gets hot. Put a big load on it on a 90+ degree day and it will produce 1800VA or so for a few minutes, then it tapers down to 1600. Maybe you have an eu2000i that randomly has "pick of the litter" components and will produce 2000VA. With the air conditioner's non-unity power factor, you're not getting 2000 watts when the generator is producing 2000VA.
We all know that that the Honda will maintain 2000W just fine without declaring overloads up to 16.7A (2000W).
Following this thread is kind of amusing. Five years ago there was a group reporting success running a 13.5 air conditioner with the eu2000i. They were bombarded with predictions of doom that the generator and air conditioner would be ruined (from long-term running, not from starting). Now the consensus seems to be that it's perfectly ok. Reminds me of things like a few years ago eating eggs would kill you, and today it's ok.
