Any other brands? Over 3200ish enough to power my AC?
First time RVer and just ordered a 2021 Geo Pro 20BHS. Have been doing a lot of research while waiting for it to be built. I haven't been able to find a specific answer online to my scenario and thought I would try out this subreddit.
My main question is what generator I'll need to run a 13500 BTU AC unit with a soft start (already decided this is a must buy). I've seen the videos of people running with a 2000 watt generator. I would love to be able to buy a smaller, quieter, more efficient generator like the Honda EU2200i or the Champion 2500 dual fuel (liking the possibility to using propane). Our problem is that we live in Colorado and will be camping at 5K+ ft. I know that generators lose efficiency (roughly 3% per 1K ft) and that has me concerned that we won't be able to run the AC at higher elevations. My backup plan is to just buy the Champion 3500 watt dual fuel and not worry about it, but the larger unit comes with its own drawbacks, mainly weight and a higher noise level. I also know that I could possibly buy another 2500 watt generator and run them in parallel but if I need to go through all of that cost I might as well just buy the larger watt unit.
Does anyone have real-world experiences with using a soft start 13500 AC with a 2000-2500 watt generator at high elevation?
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TL;DW: it seems like solid state relay has build in circuit to apply voltage to load when the AC waveform is crossing zero voltage. This mean it is possible not to overload the generator if you hook up your AC with a 10 dollar SSR instead of the 300 dollar soft starter. Although not ideal, but it very likely to work.
I just thought that was interest. If you have problem starting your AC with your generator this might be an easy solution.
I want a generator but I'm on a budget so I was just thinking I would skip the engine and just buy a dc to ac inverter since I already have the engine part in my car. I'd also like to be able to run tools off of it since I don't have a garage. The problem is that the 2000 watt inverters are like 200 dollars where as the 1000 watt ones are 70$. My heat gun is 1800 watts, what would happen if I were to plug it into the 1000 watt one? Would it just have weaker heat ? What about a drill that runs on 1200. Would I just spin slower?
In this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpL0joqJmqY) at 1:46, a conductor is moved downwards through a magnetic field which causes the galvanometer to go positive and when he moves it upwards, the galvanometer goes to the negative side. Then, if we go to 2:49, we see a single turn coil spinning clock wise in the magnetic field and for every 180 degree turn of the coil, the direction of current changes. My question is that since there are two conductors (each side of the turn coil) in the magnetic field and one side is going upwards while the other side goes downwards, shouldn't the galvanometer stay at 0 because the direction of current generated from the upward moving side cancels out the direction of current generated from the downward moving side (opposite direction) and vice versa?
Another animation of this generator can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW1YUy3Yqpc)
Hi all,
I'm new to this subreddit (my usual camping setup is boondocking out of an SUV... a little less comfortable for sure...) but I'm here because I am interested in how RV users who use moderate amounts of power think about their energy. Here moderate amount = fridge, tv sometimes, AC sometimes.
I'm a student writing a paper about mobile energy uses, and while I have the car-boondocking and #vanlife crowds covered, I don't know anyone that currently lives the RV life that doesn't always stay at hookups.
If anyone has 30 minutes to answer anonymous questions about their daily energy use, I'd appreciate it - just respond in the comments or DM me please... thanks!
Has anyone run a Honda EU3000is on their 15,000 BTU AC? If so did you have issues? Did you add a start kit? AC manufacturer says it "should work" as it only spikes to 4100 watts (1611*2.5) during startup and not an issue. My alternative 2x EU2200i units in parallel, but that's two motors and a tiny gas tank. Would love your thoughts. Thanks in advance.
Hi! This is the first time I post on this sub, and I am a beginner in electronics. I found some old brushed motors from broken power tools that I would like to use as generators. Should I use the stator as the current generating part, or the rotor? Should I rewire something? Please, give me some tips. I'll post some photos, if you want more details. Thanks!
I sleep in my car to avoid getting up early to go snowboarding. I got cold last weekend; but not terribly so. I think this is the best solution for quick heat right on my body; but I want to know if anyone has tried this and if it is worth it. Battery generators look like they are about $1 per Watt and per Watt-Hour. I assume I'd need at least a 500 watt generator— that would provide 2-3 hours of heat if these blankets really draw less than 200 watts (I'm very new to electronics, so I don't know if any of this is right). Otherwise $1000 for the big batteries.
