Now when my build-in Generac died and even new $350 board is not fixing it, I am researching more reasonable option.
$500 inverter generator have excelent reviews and some say it runs smaller AC just fine, but forum search shows 0 topicks.
Hard to believe nobody from the forum tried it?
$500 inverter generator have excelent reviews and some say it runs smaller AC just fine, but forum search shows 0 topicks.
Hard to believe nobody from the forum tried it?
SidecarFlip wrote:
Actually, the hot setup on a roof ac unit would be a free start (no load) compressor motor with an electromagnetic clutch that you could engage either manually or electrically, when the motor reached rated RPM. That would really drop the start amps.
Pie in the sky though. Too costly for a production ac unit.
I actually succeed building something like that for my scuba compressor.
Used 2HP industrial motor and those really suck on start up.
So having 3000W Honda, I could start the motor alone, but not with the compressor inertia (no pressure) attached to it.
I made a clutch from V-belt where a lever would take the slag on or off. So after starting motor alone, I pull the lever and the compressor start pumping.
Goes to 3000 psi with no problem on the generator.
But this is not idiot-proof design you need for camper.
Yes, it is 2-stroke, but due to its small size the noise and emissions are negligible.
It is state of California-approved. Shall I say more?
It is state of California-approved. Shall I say more?
Thanks for the update.
It is kind of stupid that with all the technology nobody can make light generator that would start AC.
My AC draws 7 amp, so the only problem is starting it.
Few years ago Yamaha was making small generator with electric starter and inverter boost from the battery.
Don't see those anymore, so I assume they did not work.
My new truck come with 400W inverter and to my surprise it will run small 120V compressor I have. Same issue with starting, yet it does work.
It is kind of stupid that with all the technology nobody can make light generator that would start AC.
My AC draws 7 amp, so the only problem is starting it.
Few years ago Yamaha was making small generator with electric starter and inverter boost from the battery.
Don't see those anymore, so I assume they did not work.
My new truck come with 400W inverter and to my surprise it will run small 120V compressor I have. Same issue with starting, yet it does work.
SidecarFlip wrote:
While not at all on thread, I don't have any desire to live that long. When you get to a certain point, all your friends are deceased, your spouse is deceased and all you can do is sit in a chair and drool and that isn't me.
I want to go out with a bang, not a fizzle.
Before "man on the mission" will accuse me of hijacking my own thread, you Flip paint bad picture.
Moving around the World I changed friends several times. Have no problem to make new ones.
Than my father's friend took his 3rd wife to be 34 years younger. She eventually took care of him and he rest peacefully.
Health is what really counts. My father is 93 and in good health beside being 70% blind.
Still that doesn't stop him from gardening and reading computers, while his younger wife takes care about the rest.
Old Islander wrote:
I bought a new genny this spring for our 9' camper. We don't have A/C so didn't need a 2000+ watt machine. I looked at Honda and Yamaha, and balked at the price. Finally bought a 1500 watt Firman from Home Depot...
https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.1200w-performance-generator.1001036063.html
... on sale for $249 (Can) which included delivery to the front door. It has a 3 year Home Depot warranty. I could by four of these for what one equivalent wattage Honda or Yamaha would cost in Canada. Out of the box, and some fuel added, it started on the 3rd pull. I've used it a number of times now, and it'll run the microwave, coffee pot, and toaster (only one at a time, of course...) just fine. And a half hour a day seems to keep the camper battery charged right up. It's fairly quiet -- 63 decibels -- fifty feet away from the camper, we hardly notice it. We tend to use it boondocking (hunting & fishing), with no other rigs around. It's not too heavy -- approx 50 lbs. I'm late 60's and pack it around without difficulty.
Good luck with your decision and purchase.
For such purpose I bought this generator few years ago.
While camping in Sierra- we did not need AC so battery charging and occasional microwave oven use was all I worry about.
It did all I needed, including running coffee maker and on this one, the HF coupon work, so I paid $80. Even I did not really needed it, could not refuse the price. Not that easy to start, but I've been dealing with small engines since I was 14 and even without advanced mufflers, small engine was hard to hear inside the camper.
