Will honda 2000 start a 15k BTU air conditioner?

The correct answer is maybe. Tempature, humidity and elevation play a roll. An AC that starts at sea level on a 75° day may not start on a mountain on an 80° day!

A Honda 2000 can run up to a 8000 btu AC, over that and they are running in brownout conditions. LRA is the culpret, locked rotar amps. What will happen is it will be operating in brown out conditions and eventually burn out the compressor or the generator.

Options are larger genset, smaller AC or a Micro Air easy start. Beware there are easy start clones out there and they are getting some really bad reviews.

And of course my disclaimer, my opinion based on my experience and worth what you are paying for it!

My 2000w will not run a 15 btu AC, kills it instantly.
It wouldn't run the 13.5 on last trailer.

jjrbus wrote:
The correct answer is maybe. Tempature, humidity and elevation play a roll. An AC that starts at sea level on a 75° day may not start on a mountain on an 80° day!

I second this as the correct answer. When I did get the eu2000i to start my 15k air conditioner, all was good for a few minutes. Then as the head pressure of the air conditioner built up, the electrical load went above the eu2000i's 1600VA max continuous rating, which was not the case when I ran a 13.5k air conditioner with it. Based on this observation I don't even try any more.

with the easy start I'd say yes you can start it. BUT unless your at or near sea level the 2000 will probably overload in 30 minutes or so unless the AC is one of the high efficiency units that draws 11A or less.

kellem wrote:
My 2000w will not run a 15 btu AC, kills it instantly.
It wouldn't run the 13.5 on last trailer.

Same here.

ReneeG wrote:

kellem wrote:
My 2000w will not run a 15 btu AC, kills it instantly.
It wouldn't run the 13.5 on last trailer.

Same here.

with the easy start my honda 2000 easily starts my 13.5 coleman even in eco mode. Even at 5,000ft altitude. BUT..... unless I was at near sea level it would overload in 20-30 minutes. Marginal at 3,000ft at lower temps, but above that nope.

Now a honda 2200 will start and run it all day long at 7,000ft. The 2200 has a larger engine and I suspect the engine lets it put out full power even at high altitudes w/o changing jets.

without an easy start neither the 2000 or 2200 would reliably start the AC. occasionally start it near sea level on a 80F day, but that was about it.

install a microair easy start and you'll be fine on the smaller generator

I just came out of Idaho a couple weeks ago and ran my Carrier 15k unit off of the EU2000I. 85-90F 6,400' elevation. I did add an Micro-air easy start on the Carrier.

install a microair easy start and you'll be fine on the smaller generator

Thats what I am thinking of doing to run my 15k from my Eu2000

Aren't the easy start, soft start and hard start all functions the same on the start-up?