ac unit

yucca valley, ca.

Vapor_Trails wrote:
You don't say where in Cali you are but I'll assume you are going to camp inland where we need AC in the summer. My advice: get the smallest one they make. If you want to read why I say that read on.

I have a small 23' TT with a 15k AC. Factory either made a mistake or didn't have a 13.5 in stock when they put the AC on the TT I ended up buying. In 2006 I bought my first Honda EU2000. It would not power my AC (obviously). Even camping in Temecula in August the 15k was way overkill for my trailer. So...

I made an appointment at Camping World to have a smaller BTU AC put in. I think the one I was planning on at the time was 7500BTU's. The price for that was hundreds less than a second EU2000 and after selling the 15k my out-of-pocket would have been very manageable.

When I arrived at my appointment the service counter guy talked me out of the smaller AC and recommended I get a second EU2000. He convinced me a 7500 would not be enough to cool my trailer. Wrong. I got my second EU2000 from Wise and glad I did. But, I certainly didn't need to go that direction.

I've camped in 109 degrees in the desert and only needed the Low setting on the 15k AC in my little trailer. My brother had an 815 like yours and he never went past Low on his 13k. So, again, get the smallest one you can find. I like the little Polar Cub.

thanks for all the advice! i will probably go with the 9500btu but someone had mentioned that the 11.5 could also be powered by the 2000eu which if true, i would rather install that one?

sign man wrote:
thanks for all the advice! i will probably go with the 9500btu but someone had mentioned that the 11.5 could also be powered by the 2000eu which if true, i would rather install that one?

compare AC power specs then look at the Honda running output of 1600

You might have a hard time with the 11.5 start up amp draw and the 2000

Look at the RVP Coleman Mach 1 power saver its 11000 btu`s and 9.5 amp
Unfortunatly the polar cub is not sold in the lower amp draw anymore

Look at rvcomfort.com

Buzzcut1 wrote:


compare AC power specs then look at the Honda running output of 1600

You might have a hard time with the 11.5 start up amp draw and the 2000

To the OP sign man......The above quote is the type of advice that you need to listen to. Some of the comments that are on this thread come from people that don't have a TC with a Polar Cub 9200 that is powered by a Honda 2000.

I have a Arctic Fox 811 w/ slide-out and it has a new Polar Cub 9200 and is powered by my 10 yr. old Honda 2000. The PC 9200/Honda combo works perfectly and I have used it at 8200' elev. in the Bighorn mountains this past summer in Wyoming. The 11,000 BTU AC is overkill for most TCs. Bigger is not necessarily better in the TC application.

I've used this combo in 98 deg. heat and it is a proven setup by myself and many others, plus the 9200 is only 10 in. tall above your roof.

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thanks troutguy!

Troutguy wrote:

Buzzcut1 wrote:


compare AC power specs then look at the Honda running output of 1600

You might have a hard time with the 11.5 start up amp draw and the 2000

To the OP sign man......The above quote is the type of advice that you need to listen to. Some of the comments that are on this thread come from people that don't have a TC with a Polar Cub 9200 that is powered by a Honda 2000.

I have a Arctic Fox 811 w/ slide-out and it has a new Polar Cub 9200 and is powered by my 10 yr. old Honda 2000. The PC 9200/Honda combo works perfectly and I have used it at 8200' elev. in the Bighorn mountains this past summer in Wyoming. The 11,000 BTU AC is overkill for most TCs. Bigger is not necessarily better in the TC application.

I've used this combo in 98 deg. heat and it is a proven setup by myself and many others, plus the 9200 is only 10 in. tall above your roof.

I have a TC, a Polar Cub 9200, and a Honda EU2000i. The generator will run the AC just fine. It will even start the AC from Eco mode. I don't recall the max altitude I have run it at though.

Here we go again

I have had two polar cubs 2004 ,2006 worked great with a honda eu2000 on eco mode to 8000 ft elevation
The old polar cub had a 8.9 max amp draw models #9201 - d, e ....

R-410A Refrigerant was introduced in 2009-10

The polar cub is NOT sold anymore , its now called the Mach 8 Cub
model #47201-a876 11.7 amps max amp draw

The polar cub thats been sold since 2010 was model 49201- a876 ,it had a max amp draw of 11.5

I hate to see somone refered to a product thats not going to preform as suggested. That said any one can buy anything they want for any reason they choose .

http://www.campingworld.com/shopping/item/polar-cub-9-200-btu-coleman-mach-air-conditioner/49864d

is this not the polar cub everyone is suggesting?