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Ron54 
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Joined: 23 Jul 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
 Topic: AC and Hot Water HeaterPosted: 24 Jul 2021 at 1:01pm |
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Can you Run the hot water heater and the AC on a generator on a 177?
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mjlrpod
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Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 3:17pm |
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Loaded question. If you have a big enough genny, you can run both, even with h/w set to electric. If you run the h/w on propane, it will require very little electric, so a much smaller wattage is needed. If you have an easy start, you could probably run the a/c and h/w on propane, with a 2000 watt. but it would be tight. You would probably need to turn of the charging side of the converter.
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offgrid
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Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 3:56pm |
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You would need a 3.5kw generator minimum. The water heater element is 1440 watts or about 12A, the a/c is about 15-16 amps.
But why would you? You will use much more fuel converting it's energy to electricity in the generator (which is only going to be about 20% efficient) than you would just to burn propane directly in the water heater (about 80% efficient). |
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Ron54
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Joined: 23 Jul 2021 Online Status: Offline Posts: 3 |
Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 9:36pm |
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Thanks!!
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Ron54
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Posted: 24 Jul 2021 at 9:37pm |
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Thanks!
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