Skibane wrote:
valhalla360 wrote:
PS: If you get a generator, go at least 3000w, so you don't have to mess about with sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.
Above approx. 2.5KW, inverter generators get MUCH heavier and bulkier - They're no longer suitcase-sized.
They also get considerably more expensive.
Installing a Electronic soft-start kit makes it a lot easier to run a single roof air conditioner with a 2KW inverter model.
(For air conditioners 13.5K BTU and larger, Micro-Air still recommends using an inverter generator with more than 80 CC of engine displacement. The 2KW (100 CC) and 2.2KW (120 CC) Honda models meet this recommendation).
Yes, they get bigger because they are generating power suitable to the task.
If you are worried about cost, skip the overpriced hondas. For less than the price of a 2000w honda we got a 4500w champion dual fuel electric start. No need to rewire the air/con and then still have to hope it will start then the supposedly quiet generator is screaming trying to make enough watts to keep it running while the big generator is humming quietly barely above idle.
