New Champion installing noe

Thanks everyone for their reply's. My generator is a 3100 and while the air conditioner is running it has a 10-12 amp draw. I think that maybe a call to champion would answer my question. Thanks for reply's. If this old man knew how I would post a picture of how it is mounted on the rear bumper.

I have a question. Couldn't you build a capacitor box and plug it into the generator and then plug the camper to that to help with all hard starting appliances?

X2 on the hard start capacitor kit, the compressor in my Lance truck camper Dometic ac was having a problem kicking on and really drawing the power down.

I ordered and installed the hard start cap kit and the problem was solved immidiately. The replacement was done in 2011 and its still going strong.

You can also install a hard start capacitor on the A/C to help with the load on the genny. One of the things I like about some of the Yamahas is that they have a "burst" capability, where they actually pull power from the starting battery for about 10 seconds, when an extra load is demanded...like when starting an A/C.

Lyle

Kountryguy wrote:
I have a Champion 75537i and a 15,000 btu ac. Most of the time it will start it ok in eco mode. I have found It kind of depends on what else you have running. For the first start, I usually leave the eco mode off. I am really enjoying this generator.

X2 on leaving the eco mode off the first time you fire up the AC. I have two 2000i's in parallel, and fried the control unit in one of them while in eco mode when the AC made a sudden demand. Better to be safe than sorry.

I have a Champion 75537i and a 15,000 btu ac. Most of the time it will start it ok in eco mode. I have found It kind of depends on what else you have running. For the first start, I usually leave the eco mode off. I am really enjoying this generator.

I would not run in economy mode. When the AC unit tries to kick in, the genset may not react fast enough to carry the start up load.

What Champion do you have?

What do you mean 'installing'? These portable gens (if that's what you have) are not supposed to be run inside.

Yep, you can run it in economy mode and save a little fuel. The genset will ramp up when the compressor is running, and back off when it's not. I run my Honda in economy mode 99% of the time. The only time I don't is when it's very cold out. I let it warm up for a few minutes before switching it to economy.

Jim