air conditioner / honda 2000
Outside temperature is currently 80 degrees. here is my dilemma: i have a travel trailer with an ac on top. i dont know what size or how many amps it draws. i went outside right now to see if one hon...
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i agree about 2 is better than one. but times are hard at the moment. and it seems to be operating fine outside in 80 degrees. i'm just wondering if it makes a diffence what the temperature is outside
Yes it does ... as outside ambient temperature rises so too does A/C compressor head pressure which in turn requires just that much more power. So too does elevation affect performance, so while an EU2000i may successfully start and run your A/C at sea level or not much above it may well not at 5000'. Regardless, you can improve the chances of your EU2000i dealing with an A/C's starting load by dumping the dino oil in favour of synth (I use Mobil 1), adding a hard start capacitor such as an SPP6 to your A/C unit, and even wiring up your A/C thermostat so you can start the A/C compressor with the fan OFF, then start the fan manually once the compressor has ramped up to speed. I've done all of these, yes they are effective methods of assisting your EU2000i in this task, but once outside ambient temps start ranging into the upper 80s, lower 90s chances are pretty good your EU2000i may not successfully start your A/C. Regardless, whether successful or not, you can't avoid other downsides - are you willing to take the chance that over the long term your EU2000i's (expensive!) inverter will eventually be stressed so much that it will fail, are you willing to listen to your EU2000i running full tilt hour after hour, all day long, just because you want to be cool, and are you prepared to carry large enough quantities of fuel to keep that genset running at full load for days at a time? I'm a two time EU2000i owner so I've run this race before and have decided I'm not. ;)
Yes it does ... as outside ambient temperature rises so too does A/C compressor head pressure which in turn requires just that much more power. So too does elevation affect performance, so while an EU2000i may successfully start and run your A/C at sea level or not much above it may well not at 5000'. Regardless, you can improve the chances of your EU2000i dealing with an A/C's starting load by dumping the dino oil in favour of synth (I use Mobil 1), adding a hard start capacitor such as an SPP6 to your A/C unit, and even wiring up your A/C thermostat so you can start the A/C compressor with the fan OFF, then start the fan manually once the compressor has ramped up to speed. I've done all of these, yes they are effective methods of assisting your EU2000i in this task, but once outside ambient temps start ranging into the upper 80s, lower 90s chances are pretty good your EU2000i may not successfully start your A/C. Regardless, whether successful or not, you can't avoid other downsides - are you willing to take the chance that over the long term your EU2000i's (expensive!) inverter will eventually be stressed so much that it will fail, are you willing to listen to your EU2000i running full tilt hour after hour, all day long, just because you want to be cool, and are you prepared to carry large enough quantities of fuel to keep that genset running at full load for days at a time? I'm a two time EU2000i owner so I've run this race before and have decided I'm not. ;)
