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Little generator that can

joshuajim
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Explorer II
I have a 10 year old Yamaha 2400is that I use for boondocking. I wanted to see just how much it could take. Living in the Mojave, we are experiencing a big heat wave. I hooked up the genny to the trailer this morning when the outside temp was 106, humidity was 11% and the inside was 102. I'm at 3550 MSL elevation. The Genny has sea level jet in it which is good to 4000 MSL as I understand.

The AC fired off as it usually does with just a little additional rumble from the genny. Everything else electrical was off in the trailer. Initial running amps were about 12 for compressor and fan combined.

As the heat built up in the compressor the amps slowly climbed to 16.9 amps at 122v. Theoretically, this is 2062 watts which exceeds the running output for the 2400.

I let it run for about 40 minutes and it had dropped the inside temp by 10 degrees to 92.

It did not reach a temp where it went through a restart, so I don't know how that would have gone, but it has never been a problem before.

That little generator still CAN!

RVing since 1995.
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MrWizard
Moderator
Moderator
Prediction for today 102f
I just finished breakfast, weather app says outside temp 78
Thermometer inside 78
pd-70 converter charging at 22 amps
Batteries soc 96% ,636 amp hours
I will soon be turning on the a/c
Already running in blower mode
I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !

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1997 F53 Bounder 36s

joshuajim
Explorer II
Explorer II
MrWizard wrote:
we had 98 and 99 during this week

i don't wait for it to get that hot
first thing 8-9am fire up the genny have breakfast start charging the batteries


We don't boondock in the summer because it's too hot. This was just a test at the ranch to see what the little 2400 could do.
RVing since 1995.

SCVJeff
Explorer
Explorer
I finally built 30A service out of the garage yesterday. Running the coach on a single compressor just wasn't cutting it at 106
Jeff - WA6EQU
'06 Itasca Meridian 34H, CAT C7/350

MrWizard
Moderator
Moderator
we had 98 and 99 during this week

i don't wait for it to get that hot
first thing 8-9am fire up the genny have breakfast start charging the batteries

by 10am if not before, i turn on the A/C

i know from experience, if i wait until its near or over 100
that i can't do anything but the A/C, and everything else is entirely Solar and Batteries
I can explain it to you.
But I Can Not understand it for you !

....

Connected using T-Mobile Home internet and Visible Phone service
1997 F53 Bounder 36s

Lwiddis
Explorer II
Explorer II
Interesting report. Too hot for me.
Winnebago 2101DS TT & 2022 Chevy Silverado 1500 LTZ Z71, WindyNation 300 watt solar-Lossigy 200 AH Lithium battery. Prefer boondocking, USFS, COE, BLM, NPS, TVA, state camps. Bicyclist. 14 yr. Army -11B40 then 11A - (MOS 1542 & 1560) IOBC & IOAC grad