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    Posted: 12 Apr 2016 at 12:02am
Hello all, picking up Hour Pod (& 1st RV) end of April. In researching generators to run the ac, came across the Yamaha 2400iSHC. The 2 dealers i've talked to say it will run the Pod's ac - but this Yamaha linked says they don't recommend this unit for RV ac units. Wondering if anyone has experience w/this generator.

http://www.yamahagenerators.com/Yamaha-EF2400iSHC-p/ef2400ishc.htm

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Welcome! There have been a few posts on generators recently. Here's one:
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Thanks for the link Dave.
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Welcome to the forum!

I have no personal experience with the Yamaha. There have been posts in the past from members that indicated the 2400 would run the A/C.
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In the Yamaha link, what is the significance of "does NOT have a 30 amp electrical receptacle" ?

Does it just mean we need an adapter??
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Yes. Ideally, you should have one that plugs into both outlets on the generator because those are typically only rated to 15A each.

The issue you might run into is if you're running anything else off 120VAC when the compressor kicks on, you may brown out the generator or, at the very worse, trip its breaker. I suspect the 2400W is a surge rating, which means it'll probably only do about 2000W continuously.
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Yes. Ideally, you should have one that plugs into both outlets on the generator because those are typically only rated to 15A each.


Exclamation  Exclamation Caution here! The two 115V receptacles are not necessarily "in phase". In non Geek speak that means they cannot be paralleled. If so and you do there will be lightening, noise, smoke, fire, and a dead generator. Censored 
Best to check with a voltmeter first.
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Originally posted by TheBum

Yes. Ideally, you should have one that plugs into both outlets on the generator because those are typically only rated to 15A each.

Exclamation  Exclamation Caution here! The two 115V receptacles are not necessarily "in phase". In non Geek speak that means they cannot be paralleled. If so and you do there will be lightening, noise, smoke, fire, and a dead generator. Censored  Best to check with a voltmeter first.


Or open the panel with the outlets and see if there's more than one set of three wires coming in. The outlet in my Ryobi is essentially a house outlet.
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Or open the panel with the outlets and see if there's more than one set of three wires coming in. The outlet in my Ryobi is essentially a house outlet.


That works Approve
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Posts: 6128 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Apr 2016 at 2:24pm
Just use a 20A to 30A puck adapter. It's a 2400 watt genny, it's only going to make 20A peak anyways. 2400w / 120v = 20A

It only has 1 ac circuit.
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