Honda EU2000 or Companion?
I was able to try another person's Honda EU2000 generator with my air conditioner on my 2005 Arctic Fox 990 and it worked fine, so I think I'll get an EU2000 for myself. I'm trying to determine if it...
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wwest wrote:
It's an unusual day when a 2000W genset, especially an inverter type, can rev up quickly enough to start an A/C compressor of the size typical to an RV.
I have a Honda 2000i and I can power my A/C with it and it revs up just fine. I have a voltmeter in the camper that I use and I watched it when I was trying out my A/C. The voltage would drop to about 107 to 110V and then jumped right back to 115V. I am starting 11,000BTU unit with it.
I also have a Yamaha 3000i SEB with remote start that I plan on carrying on my cargo trailer for the TC.
It would be nice if people that say the Honda won't start the A/C would state what size air they are trying to start. One poster that stated that is wouldn't start an A/C and I looked at his profile and he has a MH which I'm sure is a 13500 BTU. This is the TC thread and most of the TCers have either a polar cub (8200 to 9200 BTU ) A/C or a 11,000 BTU. There are some TCers that have the 13,000 units but not many.
To the OP I would get the standard Honda. No need to get the Companion when you don't plan on getting another unit. If you ever do decide to get another one to parallel you can build your own setup with the RV 30amp plug. I did that a number of years back and then decided I didn't need to run 2 so I sold the second one.
