The AC is the major item. If you start things up in the right order you may get away with it. Most likely not. You are better off getting 2, when running AC and other equipment. Use 1 only when runinng small stuff no ac. Or just get a EU3000 (larger foot print though). You may also install a hard start kit into AC if it doesn't have one. If you get 1 EU2000 and try it, just be perpared to buy the second one if you go that route.
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Do the Honda dual route if you will EVER want AC. We dry camp a lot (2 months a year) and generally onl;y use one of the 2000 Hondas. On those hot days when we really need to run the AC, I fire up the second one. Each Honda is lighter that the Yamaha and because we have two, we have 100% redundancy for power. Don't get me wrong, the yammy 2400 is also a great genset but in Yellowstone (or any place at 7-8K feet elevation) it won't start a 15K AC while 2 Hondas will. Rudy
05 Dodge 2500 CTD 48RE 4x4 LWB, Air Lift, Level-Air, Rotochok, 09 Bristol Bay 3450TS, Dual Honda Eu2000i, 1 wife, 1 dog, 6-daughters (all moved out). Col USAF Ret.Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez!
I have read here that someone bought a Honda 3,000 watt and it would not restart their 15,000 Btu A/C unit. But they went back to the honda dealer and traded up to a pair of Honda 2,000 watt (that are really rated at 1,600 watts and 2,000 for up to 30 minutes). With the pair of Honda 2000 they worked fine even in really hot weather with the AC cycling on and off.
Here is a great place to find the Honda's online. THey have been advertizing in Trailer LIfe for years.
Our owners manual clearly stated that a generator of at least a 3.5KW Generator was needed to run our 13,500 btu A/C. Sure I could have put a kit on our A/C. But once our A/C is started, it really drop the power, and leaves plenty to run what ever we want to. So a Yammy 2400 or a Honda 3000 will not run our A/C. If you want to be never out of power, and have plenty to spare, then the Twin Honda EU2000i's is the only way to go. Twin Honda EU2000i's has more power than the Honda 3000. One Honda EU2000i will run every thing in our 5er, at the same time, except our A/C. As long as we stay with-in our 30 amp limits. We mostly Dry-Camp/RV'ing, so we really get a lot of use out of both Honda's, as neither of us likes the heat, so we use our A/C probably more than most RV'ers do. If we had it to do all over again, we would still chose the Twin Honda EU2000i's. Even if one Honda EU2000i should ever break down ( Ha Ha ) We will never have a ruined trip or vacation, as we will always have at least one Honda running all of the time. Another big plus, is the weight factor in the Honda's also. Its much easier to move two light weight generators around, then to move a very heavy one. Some thing to think about, the older that you get. Our Twin Honda EU2000i's are more or less permantely mount to the rear of our 5er. Weather issues don't ever become a problem for us, as we can run our Honda's in any kind of weather. With Twin Honda's, we can run the A/C, the Microwave, and lights and the TV all at the same time. Going higher up into the Mountains, has never been a problem for us either, we still have all of the power that we need. We wouldn't even think of owning a small generator, that you have to un-plug every thing else in order to run the A/C, espically in the Mountains. That would just plain be a waste of money and time. Good Luck. Happy Camping. Dan & Jill
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