Yamaha 2000i's in parallel
HI y'all, I'm new to this site and new to rving. I have a 2016 R Pod and would like to boondock. I bought two Yamaha 2000i's (after a lot of research) to run my TT. They will run my Dometic Penguin...
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bill-e wrote:
Plastic camshaft on the Honda vs push rods on the Yamaha plus the Yamaha is tested to twice the CARB rating of the Hondas. The higher CARB rating means that the Yamaha is built to tighter tolerances and wears better than the Honda.
Some might wonder why Honda chose to use a plastic camshaft but the reality is it's proven reliable over the many years this generator has been on the market, with literally millions of these units having been sold worldwide. CARB ratings notwithstanding some who live off grid year round and and run their EU2000i 8 to 10 hrs a day, 365 days a year, report as much as 10,000 hrs of reliable service before the generator needs a rebuild so as a casual user I'm comfortable with the choices Honda made in designing the EU2000i.
That coupled with the Fuel Shutoff (very important since mine sits a long time between uses) and the fuel gauge and I prefer the Yamaha.
Conveniences for sure but adding these features would no doubt raise the cost of an already premium priced generator. I run premium non-ethanol gas treated with Sea Foam, along with Mobil 1 synth oil in the crankcase, and never empty the fuel tank or run the carb dry ... rather, I just give EU2000i a once a month run for a 1/2 hr under load (as I just did this morning) and using this protocol it starts on the first pull, every time no matter how long it's been sitting idle. :B
As to the OP's problem it sure would be interesting to see if this same A/C difficulty he's describing could be duplicated using a pair of Honda EU2000i gensets in place of his two Yamaha EF2000iS. However, knowing (via Progressive) that the Yamaha EF2000iS does produce a non-sinusoidal waveform under some circumstances seems to me to make it awfully culpable. ;)
