To Honda 2200i, or Stick with Honda 2000i?
Lately, I’ve been pondering a bit over Honda’s new 2200i generator, and wondering if it might be able to run my air conditioner while in the Eco mode (ALL other appliances and converter off), though E...
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SoundGuy wrote:
Personally I'd first invest in a Micro-Air Easy Start Soft Starter Kit for the A/C and see how your current EU2000i does. While more "more grunt under the hood" is always a good thing you just may not need it with your particular A/C which is smaller capacity than the typical 13,500 BTU A/C. It's not running amps that's your issue but the A/C's LRA (45.6 amps rated) which causes your EU2000i to stumble - equipping the A/C with an Easy Start will solve that issue entirely.
Oops, I failed to mention that I did install the Easy Start (by Hyper Energy) last year but with little apparant positive result...I agree on the Locked Rotor Amps, but another oddity is that when the genny stumbles (in Eco mode) during start-up, my 2000w inverter immediately takes over and starts up the air cond- but then wants to (unsuccessfully) shift the load back to the genny, but the genny begins a stumble-run-stumble loop... My next move is to reprogram the inverters high voltage parameter from 130v to say 115v which hopefully will be enough to start the compressor then disengage and successfully pass the load over to the genny while in Eco mode...My goal here is to be able to run the ac while in Eco mode - more testing required!
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