Honda Generators for Air conditioning

chr$ wrote:
The only problem with the "tricks" like putting in a switch to turn the fan off before the compressor start, won't work unless you can set the Tstat to keep the AC unit on all the time.

Of course, but this highlights the same common mistake made by nearly everyone, including the OP who in his first post said -

" I want to buy a Honda Generator to run air conditioner. I think it is 13,500 BTUs. Wondering if the smaller Honda 2,000 will handle the air conditioner? Any thoughts? Suggestions?"

It's not running the A/C that's the issue but being able to successfully start the A/C compressor ... and with a few simple steps including wiring out the A/C fan with a centre off switch it is quite possible to successfully start and run a 13.5K BTU A/C with a 2K genset. I never claimed this was the magic panacea that would guarantee repeated success but it is one of several steps one can take that will help get that compressor going. Compressor cycling is a separate issue and in a case where one is using a marginal 2K genset as the power source the obvious solution is to prevent the compressor from cycling in the first place. If one isn't willing to do that then the alternate solution is a larger genset that can handle, without stumbling, the significantly increased load when the A/C compressor starts ... seems obvious to me. :S