honda 2 kva not running van

[Gadgets 21.63.1]

i have had a quote of around $100-150 installed. but it also make it start alot nicer. it dont not give the big clunk grind. you dont even know its turning on. so you get a better night sleep in the middle of a hot night as well. it also stops tripping of old caravan park breakers.

 

[17triton]

Thanks again mate.

 

[Gadgets 21.63.1]

a even better option i think would be a battery backed clock for the supplied microwave oven - i am working on a conversion for ours now. when its done i will list how its done and which models it can be done to....

 

[S&P]

We have the Truma Aventa rooftop AC and this is the response from Truma direct when I enquired about running it on a Genset...

"You can only change between heating and cooling and so need the 4,2 Amps as maximum current consumption.
Please notice that at the starting of the Aventa there are 20 Amps at the first 150ms needed.
Please use a generator with not less then 2000W and sinus Voltage at the output."

I bought a 2kva Honda at the caravan show last week. Haven't had a chance to test it yet though.
Cheers,
Paul
Edit - Fired up the genie today and it was happily running the rooftop AC and the 150 litre fridge, connected with a 4m 15Amp lead with 2.5mm conductors. One small scare when it ran out of fuel, but I guess they only put a sniff of fuel in them to pre-deliver!

 

[Hubble80]

Mmmm maybe check the size conductors in the cable, 15Amp one probably has 2.5mm² whilst 10amp cable is probably 1.5mm².

Dave

15A leads have 1.5mm2 conductors from what I can see

 

[Hubble80]

I'd love some more info on the soft start option ie size of capacitor, which terminals to wire it across etc.

 

[skippy]

I have had the Kipor 2.6 for the last 5 years or so and I have never had a problem with the Chinessss unit.
Always starts and the aircon never misses a beat. The best part of all it doesn't chew a great deal of fuel too.
The most important part is that the unit is easy to carry around for 2.6 kva

 

[coled1970]

We also have the kip or 2.6 and works great as skippy said