Went on our first camping trip with our Cruiser Fun Finder X-189FBS.Camp had water with no electrical hookups.Learned we need to get a generator to run everything. Question: I Have a Yamaha EF2000iS Inverter Generator- Runs very well and quiet!Thinking about buying a Yamaha 2200 EF2200iSZ to run in parallel with the 2000.?? Would this work and take care of my power requirements????Anything I need to watch out for running these in parallel?Thank you so much in advance ????Rick

Most inverter generators will stabilize in parallel with each other, according to all the YouTubes I've watched. I have a honda 2000 that I bought a champion 2000 to parallel with. Have yet to unbox the Champion after serious medical issues, Covid, and life conspired to limit my anticipated travels. The Honda is still winterized from when we sold our house two years ago.

Check with Yamaha to see it two different sized generators will operate together in parallel.

Boomerweps wrote:I have a honda 2000 that I bought a champion 2000 to parallel with. Have you researched paralleling different brands of generators together?I didn't think dis-similar brands could be paralleled.

Shouldn’t be a problem parallel ing them. However that’s a pretty small camper. What size AC does it have? I’d be surprised if the Yami 2000 won’t power it. Worst case with a soft start. It’ll for sure run everything else in the camper. Seems overkill for 2 gennys in this situation. Especially if it’s a real Yamaha and not a Costco china bomb Yamaha knockoff generator. Those things aren’t much better than cranking up the battery charger on your old weather radio…lol.

Thank you everyone! I spoke with Yamaha support and they said I’d need to parallel my current generator Yamaha EF2000iS with the same model unit to keep things from getting very complicated and difficult.Will be selling my Yamaha EF2000iS and buying two Yamaha generators (same model) to facilitate addressing power needs for my camp trailer.Thanks again for your help!!!

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TheOneRLP
Explorer
Jul 05, 2023
Thank you for your help
deltabravo
Nomad
Jul 05, 2023
I have one Honda EU2200i. It will run my A/C just fine, although I have added a Micro Air Easy start a year or so after buying the gen.
deltabravo
Nomad
Jul 05, 2023
Boomerweps wrote:
WHAT T F is THAT replying to? Made me curious so I looked back through this thread and saw no previous rudeness or even negativity.

I think it refers to a post that got edited to remove the negativity.
deltabravo
Nomad
Jul 05, 2023
TheOneRLP wrote:
By the way, Just sold my Yamaha 2000 for $1,000,

WOW! That was fast.

Congrats on a quick sale
Boomerweps
Explorer
Jul 04, 2023
TheOneRLP wrote:
What’s the need to be rude and condescending here, with someone that’s simply just looking for help? Really? I initially thought this site might actually be helpful without the caustic input…

WHAT T F is THAT replying to? Made me curious so I looked back through this thread and saw no previous rudeness or even negativity. Finding slights where there is none, all glory be to victimhood, even in a simple camping forum.
This is the wild, wild internet, time to toughen up, and suck it up, buttercup.
TheOneRLP
Explorer
Jul 03, 2023
What’s the need to be rude and condescending here, with someone that’s simply just looking for help? Really? I initially thought this site might actually be helpful without the caustic input…
Grit_dog
Navigator
Jul 02, 2023
mlts22 wrote:
I know that Champion allows one to parallel different sized generators. Check the manual to make sure, but having a 5500 watt model and a 2000 watt model can give enough headroom not just for the A/C and running the microwave, but one can turn off one of the generators, for less fuel use.

OP already bought his new gennys. Although a total of 7500W capacity is enough headroom to run the AC, microwave, and a small welder or maybe the neighbors AC too!
bucky
Explorer II
Jul 02, 2023
Different brands and power can parallel as long as they have the ports. There are some vids out there where parallel can happen even without the ports.
Don't believe me? Do your research.
mlts22
Explorer
Jul 02, 2023
I know that Champion allows one to parallel different sized generators. Check the manual to make sure, but having a 5500 watt model and a 2000 watt model can give enough headroom not just for the A/C and running the microwave, but one can turn off one of the generators, for less fuel use.
Thermoguy
Explorer II
Jul 01, 2023
TheOneRLP wrote:
Didn’t say I was an expert! And yes my trailer has two axles. After speaking directly with Yamaha I was told I possibly could run my current Yamaha with an EF2200iS but there might be some complications. I’m not looking for complications so I got a deal on a Yamaha EF2200iS combo to run in parallel to power my AC, Microwave, Lights, Furnace, Waterpump, Fridge/Freezer without problem.

Got some kind responses that were appreciated greatly, the there was yours…..figured there’d be one hostile pompous response in the group.

Depending on the size of your AC, you should only need to parallel the generators to run that. Everything else should run fine with just 1 generator. Someone asked what size of AC you have, you might not need 2 generators to run your AC...

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