[C320-list] Yamaha EF2400 iS portable generator

[John Frost]

Rick,

It is a little less ($1089) here:
http://salestores.com/yamaha04.html

Here are two RVr's happy using it for smaller 13.5 KBTU:
http://rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/19693949/gotomsg/1969566
3.cfm

Here is an RVr that has trouble running a 15 KBTU with it:
http://www.motorhomemagazine.com/boards/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/2120
4476/gotomsg/21208061.cfm

And some RVr's having trouble running 13.5 KBTU:
http://www.trailerlife.com/cforum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/21413874/g
otomsg/21423164.cfm

But here is a camper that says it runs his 15 KBTU just "fine":
http://www.amazon.com/Yamaha-000-Watt-Portable-Generator-EF30ISEBH/product-r
eviews/B00009YV8F

Overall sounds to me like it might be very marginal for a 16.5 KBTU.
Of course it depends on the surge load of the specific AC brand.
Let us know if you find otherwise. 

John Frost
2007 C320 MKII, Hull # 1118 
Lake Guntersville, AL



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[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Rick Sulewski
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Subject: [C320-list] Yamaha EF2400 iS portable generator

Has anyone had experience using a Yamaha EF2400 iS portable generator to
power a Marine Air 16,500 BTU AC unit?

 

It is rated at 20 amp max surge and 16.7 amp running rate so it appears to
be at the edge of getting the job done. Reviews suggest that an RV 13,000
BTU AC will start and run with this model. At $1,200 at Cabela's it looks
like a bargain. 

 

Any thoughts about the best portable generators available to run a 16,500
BTU AC unit? 

 

I understand that many have commented that the small Honda units do not work
unless two units are linked together.