Dieselburps - Your situation is a bit atypical since most of the time, a 2000W generator will not start a rooftop A/C of 13.5kBTUs or larger without an EasyStart. What BTU size does your truck camper have?
Thanks for taking the time to answer questions and join the discussion.
I am not sure what BTU my A/C is, the truck camper is a model 2010 year, my guess is it's either the 9,200 or 11,000 BTU Coleman mach unit.
EasyStart also allows you to run the generator with ECO mode turned on, so you can maximize fuel economy
This would be a huge benefit for me. My use is a little different than most, I work nights at a hospital and have to sleep during the day, last week in AZ the temps got as high as 95 degrees during the day, so you can imagine how hot it gets in the camper. When I fall asleep in the mornings it's usually not that hot yet, but I had to start the AC anyways because I knew it would be in the mid 90's that day, and the A/C would cycle on and off. I did this with my now sold Yamaha 2400IS generator which handled the cycling fine. Now that I am down to just the Honda 2000 watt generator, It has trouble cycling the AC compressor back on after it has cycled off. Once the A/C compressor is running I am able to run the Honda in ECO mode and it's pretty dang quiet, but it won't restart or cycle the compressor back on with it in ECO mode. ECO mode would also be nice, because like you said it uses less fuel and I have to keep the Honda generator running for 5-6 hours while I sleep.
Then, when the A/C's thermostat calls for cooling again, the fan will start up first, but the EasyStart then intentionally delays the compressor startup for a minimum of 5 seconds. The fan's current load is enough to cause the generator to exit ECO mode and jump to high-RPM (full power), so by the time the EasyStart begins its compressor startup sequence, the generator has attained full RPM and full power.
With my A/C turned on and when the compressor cycles or kicks off, the fan continues to run, so the fan timed delay seems like it would only matter on initial start up? Maybe the easy start compressor start sequence is enough to enable my A/C to cycle back on with the Honda generator in ECO mode?
