Honda EU 2200i on Eco with AC??

3 tons wrote:


So having said all that, I now believe that the Easy-start may actually be a contributor to this problem of not being able to run the AC when on Eco.... Understand, Eco operation is my only goal, and from watching the electronic indicators-inverter metering, what happens is that while the genny attempts to step-up RPM to whats the now heavier load (a seemingly lengthy matter), the Easy start sees the deficit and shuts down power to the compressor to the point where a cycling conditioning develops, Compressor ON, Compressor OFF, Compressor ON, etc) though the genny rpm never increases ..... Now, IF (and only IF) the inverter is on, it simply corrects this low voltage condition and happily takes over the entire load, and the generator continues blindly on its merry low RPM way...

So I kinda of the belief that the ‘non-programmable’ Easy-Start (as good as it may be in common applications) is not syncronizing well (or compatible??) with genny on Eco (due to cycling), and the inverter back up takes over without a hitch...

Your above scenario is kind of what happened when running (or attempting to run) my A/C, going through a hardwared Progressive Industries EMS unit.

The generator could not react fast enough to the load demand of the A/C, so the EMS unit would disqualify the incoming A/C power from generator. A/C had attempted to start, but was now in locked rotor condition. A/C compressor would start its countdown time before attempting to restart the compressor (I think that's why there was a delay)... then the process would repeat.

The ONLY way to get the gen to run the A/C was to allow the inverter to start it, turn off eco-mode, EMS and inverter would pass through the generator power, then the A/C would switch over to inverter power.
After that was all said and done, I could turn ECO back on.

The hard wire EMS was part of the cause. I finally removed it and sold it on eBay earlier this year and went to a portable unit.

I haven't tried the A/C on a portable gen because I sold both of my EU2k models.

I'd like to try it on an EU2.2k, but I recently discovered that the original A/C on my AF was an 11k BTU. I installed a heat pump model and went with a 13.5k BTU. I thought the original was a 13.5k