I picked up a Champion 73552i 2000i off of Craigslist for $200 the other day. It looks brand new and starts up first pull. Runs nice and quiet in ECO and gets louder as the load gets bigger. It's nice to actually have one after all the reading about them. Really get an idea of what this unit can do and look forward to messing around with it more The trailer is parked off site for the winter but I don't fear that the one unit will charge the batteries with the converter I have. Should have some tim to try it out soon and will report back.
i would like to pick up another and parallel them at some point. I really like the size of the unit and flexibility with only bringing one if I don't need to run the AC, which isn't often. I am a little concerned that paralleled it won't run my AC unit or that paralleled it will be LOUD! Maybe the Champion 3100 inverter would be a good idea but then I have to lug it around all the time even if I just need something to charge the batteries!
I have owned a couple generators over the last couple months, trying to find out what works for us.
Right now I have an open cage Champion 3000/3500 that is very LOUD but runs everything in the trailer no problem. Can't imagine I will be holding on to that genset.
A Kipor KGE3000ti (2800/3000) which I haven't been able to test on the trailer yet but figure should handle all I need as well? It is actually surprisingly quiet, very close to the Honda eu3000 I am told/read. The problem is that it is just a little too large for the truck with bed cover and quite heavy!
Also had a King Canada 2000i (2000/2100) unit that I ended up selling. It actually started the AC up but I tested it when it was only 20C/68F out. The compressor did kick in and the genny recovered the surge. I do not have a hard start on the AC yet but plan to install one for next year.
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How much headroom/surge do these Champion 2000i's really have? If I parallel them do you get a little better surge capability?
