K2rider
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I'm thinking about getting one to have as a "what if" back-up generator. The Onan in my toy hauler has been giving me error codes that tell me to take it to a dealer on the last (2) desert trips. Luckily the heat was managable so I didn't need the A/C.
Will it run my 13.5K A/C if I'm not running anything else? The literature on the Yamaha 2400 says it will.
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Crazy Ray
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My YAMAHA 2400 will RUN MY 13.5btu AC with NO PROBLEMS.
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old guy
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word on this forum is that a Honda 2000 will not run an A/C unless you are at sea level.
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K2rider
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Thanks...the good news is that I'm at sea level 98% of the time. Th bad news is I'm sure I'll need it when I'm in Mammoth, Utah or Colorado
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rjf7g
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My EU2000 only runs the fan in my AC...
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davegvg
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Mine will not do it consistently- and when it does kick over there is a long delay between when the AC compressor wants to start, and when it finally kicks over. Not good for the AC unit.
My advice is to go with either a larger unit or two honda 2K's in parallel according to several people twin hondas with an outboard tank will run cheap & forever between fillings.
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jmcnab
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I've never had a problem running the 13.5 AC with the 2000.
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jmcnab
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davegvg wrote:Mine will not do it consistently- and when it does kick over there is a long delay between when the AC compressor wants to start, and when it finally kicks over. Not good for the AC unit.
My advice is to go with either a larger unit or two honda 2K's in parallel according to several people twin hondas with an outboard tank will run cheap & forever between fillings.
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05 Kalamazoo bread breaker 5 dual fuel w/ initials laser cut into cooking grate
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Dave... what the heck is all that stuff in your signature??
a Kalamazoo bread breaker??
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HubMonkey
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Yeah there arer a lot of arguments on gensets on this site. I opted for the 2 Honda's with a home made Parallel kit and 5 gallon extended run fuel tank I put together myself.
The selling points of them to me were..
48lbs Dry weight each, make them easy to minipulate
Quiet as you can get.
If I only need one I only run one.
Easy to maintain
The only downside was the cost. A pair of them shipped to my house was $1748.00. The Parallel kit cost me about 45 bucks to make by using the factory honda cable. The gas tank cost me about 18 bucks to make.
I am glad that I got that setup, especally when we had the ice storm in OK. I was without power for 7 days. Well actually I was not provided power from the power company for 7 days. In those 7 days I used 18 gallons of gas total, not running them all night for the first 5 days, got tired of waking up cold and was unsure when the power would come back on. I rewired my natural gas furnace and watched tv most of the time.
They are a good choice IMO.
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crazybanshee
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Our Yamaha 2400 runs everything in the trailer. Quiet and cheap on fuel.
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