Is my generator big enough?
I have have a Coleman 2500 watt generator and I am wondering if it will pull my rooftop AC on my 19ft travel trailer? My rooftop AC is a Duo-Therm Model: 57915-541. It does not say how many watts it...
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rjxj wrote:
You may be able to set up a crude propane feed before you invest in converting it. It's obviously not the safe way to run any propane system but it can be done for testing.
I just started my 13,500. It's 72 degrees out and it pulled 13 amps at start and settled into a 6 amp draw. Still doesn't give us a starting head pressure figure.
Good idea. I think I will test it out with a crude system. I found some specs for my unit but they did not define the start up and run amps. It says that my units compressor draws 11.3 amps and the blower motor draws 2.5 amps. That's a total of 13.8 amps. Using an online amps to watts conversion tool, 13.8 amps at 115 volts equals 1587 watts.
On the label it says that it is 13,500 BTU/ 1530 Hearter watts. I am not sure what Hearter watts is, but that 1530 is not far off the 1587 watts I got in my calculation. Of course, I am not sure if anything if any of this is relevant.
Label from my unit.
