Another one of those weird La Nina inspired warm fronts moved through my area today. Around 11:30 the sun came out and the temperature spiked to an unbelievable 85 degrees!
I loaded both of the 2000i inverters in the back of the golf cart and headed for the camper. I have been wanting to run this test all winter but could not since the camper A/C compressor will not work below 65 degrees. I turned it on using shore power and the compressor kicked in - finally warm enough.
I hooked both of the 2000i's together with the parallel adapter and plugged them into the 30 amp generator port. The transfer switch kicked in about 30 seconds later and the camper was being powered by the twins.
The refrigerator was off. Converter on - but the batteries were fully charged.
I turned on the A/C and the compressor locked in about 10 seconds after the fan started. The 15K A/C was running off of the two 2000i's as expected.
I turned the thermostat down to 50 degrees to keep the compressor locked on.
Outside I turned one of the two generators OFF. The A/C continued to run off of one generator.
Of course, if the compressor were to drop out for any reason and needed a restart the single 2000i would not get it going. But, one unit will sustain the A/C :B
I know we have some "Doubting Thomas" types on the thread and they like to see photos or even better videos to prove a statement like this is true. But, about the time I was ready to get everything together to do a video it started raining. The temperature dropped 20 degrees in about 10 minutes. The window for the testing was closed.
I did not get to try the 1200 watt microwave off of a single 2000i as the rain had me hustling to get everything back into the garage.
As soon as we get another opportunity to run the A/C I'll do the video and share it.
I think this is pretty cool :C. The same procedure should work for the Honda 2000, Kipor KGE2000 and Yamaha2000/2400 when connected in parallel. Of course, it could get pretty cold in the camper keeping the compressor locked in. Might need to open a window to let in some heat. :R
