Looking for LOWEST BTU Roof A/C available-

[bobinyelm]

I am looking for a power-miser roof A/C to replace my 13,500 BTU roof air the PO of my well-insulated BigFoot truck camper installed (throwing out the perfectly good OEM 7700 BTU unit).

He did it for "instant cooling" with hook-up campgrounds, but I want a unit that my little Honda 2000i genset can easily handle boondocking.

The smallest I can currently find is a Coleman 9200 BTU unit, so I'm hoping someone here may have an alternative.

Bob

[RoyB]

I have got my 13,500 BTU Roof Mount to start-up a couple of times but as soon as it cycles it trips the breaker...

We do bring along our 8000 BTU home window unit alot if we are going to be camping off the power grid for a long period in our OFF-ROAD Camper. Its works just fine from EU20001 generator. Our bigger problem is however not all the public camp grounds including the Natl Forest areas we go to allows us to use our generator after 8PM. Not much dispersed camping here on the East Side of the US.

I would almost think I could run the 9200BTU Coleman roof mount unit with my EU20001 generator... Maybe some others can dime in here on that model. They also make a roof mounted SWAMP COOLER type air conditioner as well but I have no knowledge of how they might work. When we lived in the Phoenix AZ area back in the 60s thats all the homes there hard on the roof. Had to fight off the Black Widow spiders to change out the filters haha...

About the only thing I use my 2KW generator for is to recharge my battery banks every morning and we run all the things we want to have on using an INVERTER or Direct Connected to the battery bank, Not having an air conditioner when camping off the power grid is not all that big of a deal for us.

Maybe you can find the original OEM 7700 BTU unit somewhere...

Roy Ken