Running AC in camper on a generator?

[Remington]

Just for s***s and giggles. Just so happen today to be replacing a standby rotor and stator 20kw that was overloaded. Customer said "worked fine for about a year!" The house had 4 ac's and not load shedding hooked up to the transfer switch. 2,500$ repair for someone that didn't know what they were doing



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[ohanacreek]

Just for s***s and giggles. Just so happen today to be replacing a standby rotor and stator 20kw that was overloaded. Customer said "worked fine for about a year!" The house had 4 ac's and not load shedding hooked up to the transfer switch. 2,500$ repair for someone that didn't know what they were doing
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Wow looks crispy... we're basically full elec, with well pump, and got load shedding on a 20kw but the only time it sheds anything is if my wife tries to fire up the dbl oven while both HPumps, HP WHeater, and dryer are running. It's #5 module and gets shed PDQ since it's a 10kw draw alone.

Those ACs draw some juice. We were gonna go 100% offgrid solar but the battery storage for the HPs was ridiculous.

 

[CumminsPusher]

Wow looks crispy... we're basically full elec, with well pump, and got load shedding on a 20kw but the only time it sheds anything is if my wife tries to fire up the dbl oven while both HPumps, HP WHeater, and dryer are running. It's #5 module and gets shed PDQ since it's a 10kw draw alone.

Those ACs draw some juice. We were gonna go 100% offgrid solar but the battery storage for the HPs was ridiculous.

Ac is really tough. Up camping our bus can sustain continued use practically forever with stereo lights microwave and everything electrical without use of genny with the exception of a/c. We got tired of the noise and expense of running the house gen in our other motorhome so this was built to be efficient off of solar.
We only even bring gen with on hot weekends when ac is needed for young kids because there is plenty of power with multiple inverters. Took some doing but well worth the quiet free power

 

[100Acre]

I'm just hoping that the one generator will be enough and that I won't have to go out and buy or purchase the other Honda generator. At least not for now.

 

[CumminsPusher]

I'm just hoping that the one generator will be enough and that I won't have to go out and buy or purchase the other Honda generator. At least not for now.

That gen will stay up with a 5000btu no problem. You'll be able to stay up with your house batt at the same time with the onboard inverter. Probably run in eco mode doing it. Ours has ran way more! Efficient and small will be perfect for a camper. Why bring a big load gen that chews through gas when it's not needed? Especially with limited room. Go enjoy

 

[Remington]

I'm just hoping that the one generator will be enough and that I won't have to go out and buy or purchase the other Honda generator. At least not for now.

You'll be fine. Just make sure you warm the generator with no load in it before hooking up and turning on the ac.


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