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Old 04-17-2012, 06:44 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by LoveToCamp View Post
Bill, I guess I don't quite follow - "I bought a EU1000 because "an EU2000 won't do the job...". Isn't the EU1000 a 1 kw output, and the EU2000 a 2 kw generator? If a 2 kw won't do the job, why get a smaller one?
I'm not sure I understand the question. If neither one will run the air conditioner, and if either one will do everything else, why would I buy the bigger one? So I bought the smaller one. In other words, if a 2000 watt unit won't run the air conditioner, and if a 1000 watt unit will do everything else, then there is no reason to buy the 2000-watt unit. Or so I thought.

But I still have the same question. If I had installed a hard start capacitor in my air conditioner, would a 2000-watt generator run it? If so, then buying the 1000-watt unit would have been the wrong decision.

And yes, a 1000-watt unit won't run a 1500-watt hair dryer or electric frying pan, and a 2000-watt unit would run them. But we don't use those when we camp, so a bigger generator has no benefit for us. Your needs may different, of course. But for us, 1000 watts was perfect.

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