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cdhiles
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Jul 01, 2013

Don't buy 2 ryobi generators to parallel them! Read this,

Hello all,

First time poster and new RVer.. My wife and I recently bought a 2007 Springdale Clearwater edition 23 foot travel trailer. Today, I bought two Ryobi 2200 watt digital inverter generators (2200 starting amps and 1800 running amps) from Home Depot. I bought two because they are parallel compatible with the kit sold separately.. I want enough amps only to run the small roof mounted air conditioner a couple times a day to cool the trailer down for my 6 month old's daily naps while we are on vacation for a few days. I didn't think 1800 would be enough.. Anyway, after I got them home, assembled, and running, I began my search for the parallel kit- Guess what? They don't exist. As far as I can tell, they were only sold at Home Depot and they have since been discontinued, I have spent over two hours trying to find one for sale... No luck.. Only Yamaha, Hondas, and champion parallel kits- so now what? Any advice on where I might find one?

I am pretty upset I just spent $1200 for two generators for the sole purpose of hooking them together and the part is no more. Feel like I just got screwed

24 Replies

  • How hard would it be to make your own parallel kit? If not return them.
  • Home Depot (at least in my area) is really good about returns. I knew a guy that had a contract to repair returned power equipment from HD. A high percentage of it was tagged unrepairable and sold for scrap. He had many tales about what came across his bench, some of it very abused and totally destroyed. HD was taking these back for full credit. Your new Ryobi's shouldn't be a problem.
  • Return them. Inform sales person at return if they can produce the parallel kit you'll keep everything.