Dometic AC Hard Start Kit
Bought a new 13,500 Dometic Brisk Air AC unit, but my Honda 3000 has a difficult time starting it. Anyone had experience with Dometic's hard start kit & did it solve the hard start problem for you?
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SoundGuy wrote:ktmrfs wrote:
Once down to 3000 ft or so with the same temperatures no problem, it will run the ac all day long.
Now, at 4500Ft and 100F, the little honda 2000 is probably running at or near max output with the AC on.
No doubt - according to Honda the EU2000i's stock #62 jet should be good to 5,000' but nevertheless Honda still expects ~ 3.5% decrease in engine horsepower for every 1000' of elevation above sea level - that's ~ 15.75% @ 4500'. Between 5,000' and 10,000' the main jet should be changed to a #60, above 10,000' to a #58. At 10,000' though that still can't overcome a 35% loss in engine horsepower. However, the larger EU3000iS with more horsepower to start with should handle the task of powering a Micro-Air equipped 13,500 BTU A/C. :)
correct. In all reality the honda 2000 is in the "barely adequate" category to supply running current to most older AC units at near sea level. Then it goes to "almost adequate" at some higher altitude around 3-4K feet. And "barely" and "almost" are NOT the same thing!
Now, many of the newer AC units are higher efficiency and draw around 11A max load instead of the 13-15A. I have a polar cub 9000BTU unit that draws about 11A max on my small trailer. It also has a lower locked rotor draw and lower inrush. My honda 2000 will start and run that factory configuration in eco mode everyplace I've been. That includes altitudes near 8000ft with temps in the 90's.
Now if the honda 2000 was either 2000W continous or 2200 watts peak, that would with the microair solve almost every problem.
Or, use it with the newer high efficiency AC units.
