Unable to get Generator to power Air Conditioner

I inferred you owned two EU2200s that might have been recalled. 

Here for example.   

I'll repeat: as one of these Amazon reviewers stated, not all a/c's with the same btu/hr rating are the same, and they aren't even the same for the same model number under the same conditions, and they are certainly not the same as conditions vary. And hot compressor starts on hot days are harder.  Similar variations apply to the generators as well. If you want to generalize feel free, but a generalization isn't going to cool you off if your a/c fails to start on its 3rd compressor cycle on a hot day when you really need it. If you want to have a reliable way to run your a/c then either get an Easystart or other system for limiting peak startup current, or get a larger generator. 

BTW my 2K (without Easystart) would sometimes start my a/c once, but never on a second compressor cycle when refrigerant back pressure had built up. YMMV, as they say. 

Originally posted by Tibof After reading those Amazon reviews, most of which don't directly address the EU2200, I'll stick with the tests and owner experience that can be found in a Google search.  Out of 12 Amazon reviews, four said no, and one of those was talking about the EU2000!  And another was a "Seller" who said you need two!  And since we are presumably concerned here with an R-Pod AC, I'll flatly state that the EU2200 will run it.  But anyone buying a generator, check the reviews for yourself.  Go to a dealer that sells them and test one.

Unfortunately, as has been pointed out, it varies.. OUR 177, MY eu2000, WOULD run the a/c. It wouldn't on my sisters 177, nor on a friends Coachman. All the same model and size a/c. All in the same driveway, within minutes of each other when experimenting. (and, as a side note, the eu2000 owned by the Coachman owner, wouldn't start mine.)

The best you can say for sure is that YOUR 2200 will run the a/c on YOUR Pod. It's entirely possible that it will start "most", but know one knows for sure that it will start all of them.

Don't you know that by now? 

The floggings will continue until morale improves.

Unfortunately, as has been pointed out, it varies.. OUR 177, MY eu2000, WOULD run the a/c. It wouldn't on my sisters 177, nor on a friends Coachman. All the same model and size a/c. All in the same driveway, within minutes of each other when experimenting. (and, as a side note, the eu2000 owned by the Coachman owner, wouldn't start mine.)

The best you can say for sure is that YOUR 2200 will run the a/c on YOUR Pod. It's entirely possible that it will start "most", but know one knows for sure that it will start all of them. 

Thanks for your observations, but this is about the EU2200, NOT the EU2000.  They are very similar but the EU2000 has been replaced by the EU2200.  As I said, Google for actual tests.  Or go to a dealer on a hot day or one at 12,000 feet and check out an old one not just out of the box! Throw as many variables at it as you can find. So far, all I've seen are the numerous tests that Google brings up, plus my own experience.  And the data support my point.  In the end, no one knows anything for sure.  In another galaxy, far, far away, the EU2200 may not power a conventional light bulb.  But probabilities do tell us a lot, and I do know something about that.  When Pod owners start reporting no luck with the EU2200, I'll be the first to acknowledge it and eat crow.