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    Posted: 11 Feb 2021 at 2:33pm
IIRC the a/c fan uses about 3 amps so around 350 watts. No problem running it from s 2kw generator. But all it will do is recirculate warm air in the trailer. The fantastic fan will draw in outside air and uses much less power, and runs on 12v so you don’t need to run the generator all the time.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Feb 2021 at 1:29pm
The fan alone should not be a big draw. Probably a fraction of running the compressor. It will still require AC (AKA shore power), as the fan is an AC powered fan (as opposed to battery power).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11 Feb 2021 at 11:16am
This is incredibly helpful - thank you.

Does running the overhead AC unit in fan mode instead of AC mode require as much pull? I am wondering if my 2000 w generator can run the fan without AC.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 5:42pm
Probably won't start the a/c but you could try and then add an easystart if it didn't. Should run it OK once started, as long as everything else is off. If you get it let us know what happens. At this point it will be next year before you can do a definitive test, the startup current gets higher as the ambient temp increases. 

Also consider getting a propane generator, since you already have a propane tank it will save you some weight and stinky smells in the SUV.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 12:58pm
I saw this at Home Depot: 
Has 2500 peak and 1850 running weighs in at 39 lbs.  Not sure if the extra peak is enough but it does have 20 amp plugins.   

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Oct 2020 at 12:32pm
This post is old, but I'm grateful the poster took the time to provide useful info! Thanks!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Oct 2014 at 1:54pm
And then there are pods like ours.. Mine has a hard start and will start on a Honda 2000 if we have the fan already running on low. 
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Honestly I could tell no difference in the hard start cap vs without.   Wish I had a current reading chart recorder to see what the difference really is....
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Sep 2014 at 8:00am
I never had a problem with mine, and no hard-start capacitor.  I would get a slight dip in the fan's rpm when the compressor started, that was it.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Sep 2014 at 9:12pm
Originally posted by WillThrill



My Yamaha 2400iSHC can handle it, but you need to be running the fan first before you turn it to 'cool' and allow the compressor to start. When the compressor cycles off and then back on, there is a brief 'pause' in the fan. I'm guessing that if I installed a hard-start capacitor (next spring!) that will completely take care of it.




It won't.  I have the 2400iSHC and a Supco hard start cap. 
What I do plan to install when I get time, already bought the parts, is a solid state timer relay that cuts off the fan when the A/C is commanded to start, then 10 seconds or so later brings the circulation fan back online.  That will shed 200 or so watts from the generator to ease compressor starting.
I also unplug the microwave when running on generator for A/C- otherwise it beeps every time the A/C starts as it sags voltage enough to make it "think" it has completely lost power then beeps when the compressor has lost its start up load and voltage is back to normal..
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