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Originally Posted by sonofcy
It depends if the AC is a 15,000 or a 13,500. Also as I said, add the easy start module to the AC and the 2,000 can do it just fine.
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If the 13.5 KBTU air conditioner requires 2750 watts to lock the rotor, and 1250 watts to run, you're not leaving yourself much room... Many of these so-called 3000 watt generators are only that at peak... That means they will only pull that load for about 5 to 10 seconds... That's their Surge watt rating, and they're only reliable at supplying that wattage when they're in perfect shape...
I have a microair 364... It does work... But I wouldn't trust a generator that runs less than 3500 run-time Watts... It's just not a good idea to max out your generator, if it won't last very long if you do.. You should have twice the runtime wattage as you're going to use all the time...
Like I said, keep in mind that your refrigerator and other appliances are also running on that AC unless you switch them to propane...