Yamaha 2000iS and softstart with AC?
I have a older Yamaha 2000iS (not sv2) and a Magnum 3012 hybrid inverter but can’t run an AC due to the poor surge capability of the generator (it drops voltage too fast for inverter to ‘support’ it s...
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THANKS ALL!!
You’ve basically reaffirmed what I guess I knew. I need a bigger generator (or another yamaha2k if I could find one used to parallel). My only hope against this realization was if someone chimed in saying they had my identical setup *with* a softstart and it worked great…odds weren’t great but it could have happened :)
Wanderingaimlessly - I have run my AC off of batteries, but at ~160A when it was hot yesterday it only takes a couple hours to draw my AGMs to 50%…even with 4/0 cables, not sure I want to continually be running that kind of current. A automotive type battery charger in parallel would just be a drop in that bucket.
I’ll have to start looking for gennys, I definitely want a quiet inverter type. Thanks again
You’ve basically reaffirmed what I guess I knew. I need a bigger generator (or another yamaha2k if I could find one used to parallel). My only hope against this realization was if someone chimed in saying they had my identical setup *with* a softstart and it worked great…odds weren’t great but it could have happened :)
Wanderingaimlessly - I have run my AC off of batteries, but at ~160A when it was hot yesterday it only takes a couple hours to draw my AGMs to 50%…even with 4/0 cables, not sure I want to continually be running that kind of current. A automotive type battery charger in parallel would just be a drop in that bucket.
I’ll have to start looking for gennys, I definitely want a quiet inverter type. Thanks again
