Unable to get Generator to power Air Conditioner

Once running the a/c only requires about 15-16A so you would have about 9-10 A capacity left on a 3Kw for other things. But the problem is that the a/c compressor cycles on an off every few minutes so you can't plan on having that available. After a few minutes that battery charger load drops off a lot though so that would probably be Ok (but not with B&S apparently). The Easystart solves these problems and isn't THAT expensive so I just went that route. Everything works better and there is much less load on the genny. 

Wow $300 for an EasyStart... the extra $300 would vault you from a 3k to a 6k+. I see your frustration now GC. Can't wait to hear if the motor hard start kit fixes the issue. Best of luck.

Originally posted by D&H Wow $300 for an EasyStart... the extra $300 would vault you from a 3k to a 6k+. I see your frustration now GC. Can't wait to hear if the motor hard start kit fixes the issue. Best of luck.

Why the angst about the $300? Bigger isn’t necessarily better. I look at it this way: for a measly $300 I can run my a/c off my dinky 47 lb Honda 2k. In fact it has no noticeable startup surge, the Honda just loads up and runs, straight from ECO mode. To me and my lumbar vertebrae that’s a great value. I don’t begrudge a small company like Microair making a profit from their innovative solution.

Originally posted by podwerkz Hmmm....BS from B&S.  .............

Why the angst about the $300? Bigger isn’t necessarily better. I look at it this way: for a measly $300 I can run my a/c off my dinky 47 lb Honda 2k. In fact it has no noticeable startup surge, the Honda just loads up and runs, straight from ECO mode. To me and my lumbar vertebrae that’s a great value. I don’t begrudge a small company like Microair making a profit from their innovative solution.