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I’m looking for a gen to power a small toy hauler. Looking for something light and quiet. Probably a 3k to run ac and microwave at the same time. Been looking at the Honda EU3200i
 
My predator 3500 with 3000 continuous will power my 12btu air conditioner but won't do it and my 1800 watt microwave.
It also won't run my 15k main air-conditioning on its own.
My trailer has a 12k and a 15k unit on the roof.

I'll add I have a decent inverter charger so I'd have to assume some of the amps are going to that as well.

Hope this helps.
 
Grease Monkey said:
My predator 3500 with 3000 continuous will power my 12btu air conditioner but won't do it and my 1800 watt microwave.
It also won't run my 15k main air-conditioning on its own.
My trailer has a 12k and a 15k unit on the roof.

I'll add I have a decent inverter charger so I'd have to assume some of the amps are going to that as well.

Hope this helps.
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Really? Good to know. I have a 15k AC also. I thought 3k would be enough.

I really want a small compact unit so maybe I’ll have to run a couple smaller in parallel.
 
Wonder if a couple 2200’s would work or should I start looking for 5k
 
cek said:
Maybe I should just look for a lightweight 5k just to be safe.
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Lmk what ya find. Predator has a 5k that is similar in size and weight of the 3500. Went to buy that but they were out so I grabbed the 3500.
Little plastic wheels suck balls. A nice big tire kit would be great.
 
Grease Monkey said:
Lmk what ya find. Predator has a 5k that is similar in size and weight of the 3500. Went to buy that but they were out so I grabbed the 3500.
Little plastic wheels suck balls. A nice big tire kit would be great.
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I’ll look at them. The ones I’ve seen have been pretty noisy tho
 
Grease Monkey said:
Lmk what ya find. Predator has a 5k that is similar in size and weight of the 3500. Went to buy that but they were out so I grabbed the 3500.
Little plastic wheels suck balls. A nice big tire kit would be great.
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I have the 5k with the wheel kit. It’s okay I’m soft sand but still needs to be muscled around. I like that I can put my motorhome charger on a higher amperage and charge easily.
 
the predator superquiet 5k goes on sale for around $750 in april.

i just got one myself for $450, it was a customer return and the thing only had 2 hours on it. runs great.
 
My predator 3500 ran great till about 500 hours, but Muffler/spark arrestor rusted out and fell apart. Became too loud to use in Glamis
 
Costco generator. The Firmans will all parallel together (according to Firman).

Why Costco? Any problems with it: exchange it. No questions asked.
 
Rockwood said:
Costco generator. The Firmans will all parallel together (according to Firman).

Why Costco? Any problems with it: exchange it. No questions asked.
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My concern with all of the unknown name gen’s is the noise and obviously the quality. Costco is great but I don’t want to have to return it. Have you used one? Would be nice to hear real world experience with them.
 
cek said:
My concern with all of the unknown name gen’s is the noise and obviously the quality. Costco is great but I don’t want to have to return it. Have you used one? Would be nice to hear real world experience with them.
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Yep. I have a 2000w with at least 1500 hours on it. Uses a little oil now, but still works just fine. I’ve only changed the oil and knocked dust out of the air filter. Still starts first pull, never surges.

In-laws have a 3200w that has at least 500 hours. It’s definitely quieter than the 2000w. No issues so far.

If the noise isn’t satisfactory, just bring it back. Honda will always be quieter, but it’s 3x the price, so….

In-laws and I used to have 3200w Predators. Both have died. Mine died running the AC on a hot weekend. Died as I pulled into camp: was running fine, then let out a giant puff of oil smoke and quiet. No compression. In-laws went through a couple. The throttle motor would gum up with sand and carb issues. Every time they exchanged it, they had to buy a new warranty.
 
Westinghouse / Cummins 4500 remote start works great will run one ac use to run my all electric Moho1741747069370.png
 
Rockwood said:
Yep. I have a 2000w with at least 1500 hours on it. Uses a little oil now, but still works just fine. I’ve only changed the oil and knocked dust out of the air filter. Still starts first pull, never surges.

In-laws have a 3200w that has at least 500 hours. It’s definitely quieter than the 2000w. No issues so far.

If the noise isn’t satisfactory, just bring it back. Honda will always be quieter, but it’s 3x the price, so….

In-laws and I used to have 3200w Predators. Both have died. Mine died running the AC on a hot weekend. Died as I pulled into camp: was running fine, then let out a giant puff of oil smoke and quiet. No compression. In-laws went through a couple. The throttle motor would gum up with sand and carb issues. Every time they exchanged it, they had to buy a new warranty.
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Great to hear that. Exactly what I was looking for
 
Justdirt said:
Westinghouse / Cummins 4500 remote start works great will run one ac use to run my all electric MohoView attachment 139799
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Glamis rents has a stack of these for their RV rental fleet. I used one over a weekend. Worked great. Remote control start/stop was nice. I could roll it or drag it across camp but couldn't pick it up.
 
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