Dometic A/C Hard Start Mod & Generator Question

Just a quick question for my fellow r-podders.  I recently purchased two Yamaha EF2000is generators to power my 2010 RPod 171 (no electricity available where we camp).  In parallel they do just about everything I could ever want including run the A/C and everything else in the trailer simultaneously.  The one annoyance is that both generators in parallel don't have enough juice to start the A/C in economy mode.  This means that we have to leave the generators running full open if we want the air conditioner to maintain a constant temp in the camper (turning itself on and off). 

My question is, do you think installing a hard start capacitor kit will allow me to start the A/C with two parallel Yamaha ef2000s running in economy mode?  The A/C installed in it is a Dometic model 620412.331 11,000 BTU unit.

Yup, the 2000 is on the edge and depending on several factors may or may not work.  Outside temperature, oil used (use synthetic it will help), altitude.  You also need to make sure other things aren't online like the electric side of the water heater.  Its easy to forget about that one.

I think you're out of luck. The startup surge is somewhere around 16-18 amps, which is a huge load from the low idle of econo mode. A start cap would help smooth that down, but you'd likely still have way too much instantaneous load.

Ask the same, a start cap is inexpensive and the install is dead simple, so it may be worth a try.

Amazon has some reasonably priced.  You may want to read this article, too.
http://www.modmyrv.com/2009/05/27/rv-air-conditioner-hard-start-capacitor

Bob

Thanks Sleepless for the link.
    Thanks Tech for the thought on synthetic oil in the gen, I use Mobil 1 in the Jeep and in my Cub Cadet but had not considered it for the generator.   Goose