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Originally Posted by nellie1289
Yes but the champion 2800/3100 is rated to run a 15000 btu AC right out of the manual and if you look at Costco.com champion advertises it as such. That's why I'm surprised the cats meow 3000 Honda won't ??
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The Champion is rated at 2800 watts "continuous output". The 15K A/C requires 15.3 amps (1836 watts) "continuous" to operate. It requires more than that to "restart the compressor" during operation. The Champion (and the Honda) will handle that load without issue.
The "rub" comes from plugging in the trailer to the generator. Immediately upon doing that, the converter "saps" about 750 watts of power before you even turn on the A/C. If anything else is running, refrigerator on AC, water heater, TV, lights, etc, you can see how easy it would be to get up to the Honda's 2600 watt rating... It's "only 200 watts to go" with the Champion.
So, yes, the generator manual says it will run a 15K A/C, and it will. It's all the "other stuff that's turned on" that causes the issue....