Our Honda 3000 starts the AC fine. 

Mallo

Charles,

I asked a similar question a while back in a thread where I sought advice on options we were considering to delete from our Dream RV.  While that thread has a lot of information you may not be interested in, there were answers regarding the use of a Honda EU3000IS instead of the Onan that was an option.

The link to my thread is here:

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=91511&p=3&topicID=34071638


What many told me was that it would charge the inverter batteries and would be enough to run one (1) 15,000btu air condition, provided that a lot of other electrical items were not running at the same time.  For the most part, the biggest draw of power comes when the air conditioner first starts up, then the power draw settles down to a lower level.

Many have told me that the Honda 3000 would be fine if we are careful of power usage.

Terry


-- Edited by Terry and Jo on Thursday 25th of March 2010 12:59:09 PM

Made the decision and thanks for the input it really helped.

Constraints were two, weight of the unit and height.
 
These two, dictated the HONDA 3000i (Handi) as they call it.
It is light enough for me to pick it up and place it on the tow veh. bed and it will fit under the hard toneau cover on the bed, I was limited to 19 inches high.

This unit is lighter than the other 3KW due to no elec starter and no battery and is 21 inches high.

I checked with two local dealers and found a $325 price differential!

One of the popular manufacturere had told us that it corresponds to the frequency converter and the batteries would be enough to drive one 15,000 BTU air conditioner, provided that a number of other appliances not in use simultaneously. For most, the biggest power draw comes when the air conditioner is first started, so the energy consumption is down to a lower level.

-- Edited by danielhenry31 on Tuesday 29th of June 2010 01:46:46 AM

I like the idea of the EU300i HANDI, primarily because of the weight of the EU3000iS. The EU3000iS is too heavy to lift in and out of the front compartment of my 5th wheel because of the awkward angle it would have to be put in there (even with Jo helping me) but too tall to go in the bed of my truck. I have a 20" limitation because of a hard, lockable, tonneau. However, the HANDI has a lot of limits on its running time. Therefore, the intermediate solution seems to be the combination of the EU2000i plus the EU2000i COMPANION running in parallel.

My problem would then be a lazy one. Do I run both all the time in case I need that air conditioner or just run one and start the other when I need more oomph! (layman's term for amps).

Paul

Luvglass wrote:

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We have friends that have 2 Honda 1000's wired together and he has no problem running the air conditioner. Maybe those would fit in the back of the truck?

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Don't know anything about 1000s. I'm talking about the 2000s. Both  are only 16.7" high.

Paul

charles wrote:

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I pur the Honda 3000 MANUAL start due to two reasons
1- I can lift it bymyself onto the pickup bed aand dwn.
2- it is an inch or so less in ht which fits under my bedcover on the truck.

Both of the foregong were imp. to me. It starts rt off and is quiet.

CCC

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Perhaps you can provide a part number, a purchase place, and the actual height?

Paul

Paul,
Honda EU 3000i
It is 16.5 inches high which is abt 2 inches shorter, as I recall, than the elec start model.
I did not want the elec start anyway, battery would be dead when I needed to start it for sure.
We have been on this trip since July 1 and have used it one time only.

CCC