LenSatic wrote:
profdant139 wrote:
Link --this is worth watching
Thanks for creating that video -- this is very significant for those of us with smaller generators. Mine is a Honda 2000 and it will not run my existing A/C (which is way too big for my trailer). Well done!
I don't get that. Our Honda 2000ci runs our A/C just fine and I doubt that yours is larger. Is your water heater switch on AC? Ours was and we couldn't run the air conditioner until the water was heated after about 20 minutes.
The will run, won't run Honda debate goes on forever. One man talked about his Honda 2000 running his roof air with no issues. Turns out he had an old no longer available 7200 BTU roof air. I have run a 13.5k AC with a Honda 2000! It will not run it dependably under all conditions and is going into brown out conditions on start up which is not good for the AC or the generator.
My 2000 will start and run my 11,000 btu roof air when the temperature is in the 70's to low 80's. Somewhere between there and in the 90's with high humidity it will not start the AC. Yes I have a hard start capacitor on it. I am also almost at sea level which makes a difference.
So will a Honda 2000 run a roof air, maybe and probably not dependably under all conditions.
I have a 8000 btu window unit which the mighty little Honda has run at high elevation and into the 90's with no issues. Generators are rated at sea level and loose about 3.5% efficiency per 1000 feet as elevation increases. So what works at an ocean beach on a 90° day may not work in the mountains on a 90° day.
Hope this helps
I should add a disclaimer here, I am not an electrician or electronics guy, this is my take on what I learned while trying to sort through all the misinformation on the net and only my opinion.
