PrivatePilot wrote:
professor95 wrote:
The advice from CPE given to contributor/member Fixx to try turning off his converter was good advice. ... If one's desire is to be able to run everything just like being plugged into a 50-50 split 100 amp shore power outlet or even a 30 amp outlet without rotating power loads then something like the Marquis Gold 7500 might be a better generator choice.
Agreed.. Small generators require creative use of the output and a lot of people forget that the converter running can be the difference between being able to run the AC or Microwave....or not. I was able to start and run my 13.5KBTU AC on my old Honeywell 2000 inverter generator without much issue..but I HAD to kill the converter first. Since it shared a circuit with a rather important plug elsewhere in the trailer I eventually just wired in a separate switch in the kitchen to turn it off.
I'm reading some of the replies here ("Turn off my converter? OMG never!") and wondering WHY people are scared of it. So long as you conserve when you turn it off and the battery is in good shape you can run for days without the converter on a single battery....to turn it off for even a full day (to run AC, for example) shouldn't freak people out - just turn it back on later when you've shed enough load from the generator in order to have enough capacity to turn it back on.
PrivatePilot,
Your statement is vary interesting. To summarise what 'Professor95' stated a few posts back and from the chart given, here we go. The 13,500 Btu compressor 'Locked Rotor Amp' for the 13,500 Btu A/C is 58amps. It is EXTREMELY doubtful that a 1600w Inverter can produce 13/15 amps. (unquote)I have the Champion C46540 and captured with a clamp on meter, a peak of 49.5 amps when my 13,500 compressor started. It has been stated many times, the rotating mass of the non Inverter gen will produce a far greater peak than the Inverters. I have read many posts of folks with the 3000w peak/2600w running 3000w Inverters having trouble starting some 13,500 btu A/C's. If someone will come on here and give creditable testing to prove the Inveters can produce the 58a peak needed to start any 13,500 A/C without fail, that will be a 'boon' to the world of the Inverters.
One exception. There is one trusted report of the Honda 2000i at near sea level, starting one certain A/C when near new.
Please, will someone show the true facts of what the new 2000w Champion will show with a clamp on meter for the peak starting any A/C. And the max 30 minute running output. Either it will or it won't perform as advertised. And the true dBA with full output.
