Date:         Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:45:16 -0800
Reply-To:     Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Gen Set
Comments: To: Mike S <mikes@flatsurface.com>
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Well, you're right, maybe I leaped to a conclusion there. It was in the
bushes, it was Honda red. Are the contractor models red?

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
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On 11/4/2009 9:16 AM Mike S wrote:

> At 11:38 AM 11/4/2009, Rocket J Squirrel wrote...
>> We recently camped about 200 feet from an RV who had a Honda 1000
>> generator... The folk in the camper ran the generator continuously
>> for their air conditioning.
>
> What RV A/C will run on 900W of power (the Honda EU1000i, which is the
> small quiet one people are discussing, is rated 1000W peak, 900W
> continuous)?
>
> Most RV A/Cs seem to start at around 13,500 BTU, and want close to 1500W
> for continuous running, and much more when starting. (ref: Carrier -
> http://www.airv.carrier.com/Files/AirV/Local/US-en/customer_service/62-11187.pdf
> ) Dometic makes a 9000 BTU one, but even that wants over 1200W continuous.
>
> I suspect what you encountered wasn't actually one of the "super quiet"
> model Hondas. People will often buy the contractor models, which are
> quite noisy, because they're much cheaper.
>
>