Yet Another Generator Discussion!

SpeakEasy wrote:
I know how much you folks love generator discussions. Here's another one.

I have fallen from heaven. I have ordered a generator. During my nearly 20 years of RV'ing I have sworn at generator-users, I have sworn that I would never have one, and I have nearly gotten into fights with generator-users. Mostly because of the noise.

My defenses began to crumble when I heard about Honda 2000's and their quieter operation. My defenses crumbled even more when I bought a trailer that had an air conditioner. My defenses crumbled even more when I went to a Bluegrass festival in 90-plus heat and had to listen to everyone else's generators anyway. But then I learned that the Honda 2000 and other similar-sized generators wouldn't run my air conditioner. When I realized that I'd need a $2000 generator to do that, I pretty much abandoned the idea. Back to being a committed non-generator-user.

Reading the discussions here recently I learned about Micro-Air Soft Start . In exploring their website I learned how this device is installed and how it enables a 2000-watt generator to power the ac.

My defenses fell the rest of the way when I found that Micro-Air has also researched the small generator market and has come up with a recommended product: the Westinghouse iGen2500. Micro-Air guarantees compatibility with their SoftStart product, and they are selling these generators for $630 with free shipping. Amazing.

Forgive me.

-Speak

Enjoy. My now 14 year old 2800 kw inverter genny wouldn’t start my old 13.5k ac so I installed an easy start. Then my new 5th wheel came with a 15k ac and no way it would even have a chance of starting. I installed a Micro Air and now it starts it easier then the old 13.5. Only 300 watts less you should be fine. You didn’t say 13.5k or 15k ac but I would imagine it should run either.

The only reason you wouldn’t enjoy the blue grass more now is because of you kicking yourself in the behind for waiting so long. Have fun!