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    Posted: 16 Jun 2020 at 1:28pm
Many reports and tests in fact do say the new Honda EU2200 will power an AC (15,000BTU).  In my case, it definitely does.  Note, this is the new EU2200, not the older EU2000.  The older unit would not power an AC.  On the 5th wheel we run two of them ganged together when AC is needed — which is seldom.
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Originally posted by GlueGuy

Your pocket book may feel better, but a larger generator can be quite a bit heavier. I (personally) would not like having to lift a 150lb generator no matter how short the lift.

+1. The OHSA safe lift limit is 50 lbs. I would want to call my neurologist and schedule another discectomy in advance of trying to move that big genny, that way I could limit the agonizing pain to as short a period as possible. Dead Please be careful. 
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Your pocket book may feel better, but a larger generator can be quite a bit heavier. I (personally) would not like having to lift a 150lb generator no matter how short the lift.
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Why the angst about the $300? Bigger isn’t necessarily better. I look at it this way: for a measly $300 I can run my a/c off my dinky 47 lb Honda 2k. In fact it has no noticeable startup surge, the Honda just loads up and runs, straight from ECO mode. To me and my lumbar vertebrae that’s a great value. I don’t begrudge a small company like Microair making a profit from their innovative solution.

Agreed. But for my application I would prefer to pay up for a bigger gen set so that I could fire up our water well, ToyoStove and a few lights if our power were to ever go out in the winter. Granted the bigger gennys come at the expense of added weight. I think the Honda 5k is over 150lbs.
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Posts: 6289 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 2020 at 9:45pm
With the EasyStart, my Generac iX2000 does not struggle to start the AC compressor. The B&S generator would probably be okay if an EasyStart were installed. However, it would not have been my expectation that it would have been needed.
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Posts: 383 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 2020 at 8:18pm
Originally posted by podwerkz

Hmmm....BS from B&S. 

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I think that's unfair to B&S.  Their 2600 watt generator trips in a very few seconds if asked to deliver over 3000 watts, its peak rating.  That another generator will struggle and run at under-voltage long enough to start the A/C should not be a valid expectation.  Running an electric motor at low voltage will damage some, if not most.  Since it performs as stated, we can only say it has no excess reserve and we need a larger generator. 
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Posts: 32 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 2020 at 5:10pm
offgrid.  You're right.  If I knew then, what I know now, I would have bought a small generator and with the money saved, bought the EasyStart.
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Originally posted by D&H

Wow $300 for an EasyStart... the extra $300 would vault you from a 3k to a 6k+. I see your frustration now GC. Can't wait to hear if the motor hard start kit fixes the issue. Best of luck.


Why the angst about the $300? Bigger isn’t necessarily better. I look at it this way: for a measly $300 I can run my a/c off my dinky 47 lb Honda 2k. In fact it has no noticeable startup surge, the Honda just loads up and runs, straight from ECO mode. To me and my lumbar vertebrae that’s a great value. I don’t begrudge a small company like Microair making a profit from their innovative solution.
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Posts: 966 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 15 Jun 2020 at 3:41pm
Yeah I'd be interested in the (cheaper) dometic kit if it does make the start up surge easier on the genset. 

Please let us know how well it works, or not. 
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Wow $300 for an EasyStart... the extra $300 would vault you from a 3k to a 6k+. I see your frustration now GC. Can't wait to hear if the motor hard start kit fixes the issue. Best of luck.
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