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Originally Posted by Skippy38
Ok so I just went through Hurricane Irma and was out of power for 114 hours. Generator for my house is an older Troy Bilt 3550w/20 amp output that ran enough to get me by in the house. I tried to power my 29RLI with it and it would barely cycle the compressor on the single Dometic Brisk Air II 15k a/c but it would. It would not run anything else without tripping the breaker on the generator.
So, my question is: How many watts/amps do I really need? I am thinking about getting one of the new Harbor Freight 3500w inverter generators that has a 30 amp output, but if the 3550 Troy Bilt didn't work would the HF? Is it a matter of watts or amps? Or both? The Dometic specs for my model say minimum generator size is 3.5kw. Am I over thinking this?
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If your wanting to save money I would look at getting 2 Generac 2000s and hooking them together same as using 2 Honda 2000s and hooking them together. Have a couple friends with the generacs and they really like them.
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