Using Generator

It seems to me A/C's are somewhat luck of the draw. i.e.- a good 8,000 btu may cool better than a poor 12,000 btu.

Your Honda 3000 should have no trouble kicking the compressor on, even on eco-throttle, but you may need to put a larger capacitor in. I could not find a spec on your Frigidaire, but you can probably just pull it out and find a larger one at home store to work.

I had to put a Supco SPP6 on my old AC. This Mach 8 is working fine out of the box.

mid-90's today and keeping truck under 70 easily on low cool.

 

Lesson learned on the surge. I had left it on economode from the day before and forgot the set it back. I thought the generator would idle up,.. when it choked,.. I knew immediately what happened. Now I know to make sure the button is switched to normal before cranking up the AC. Once on,.. it works in economy mode perfectly fine.

And yepper with the fan,.. even before I set this up,.. I always slept with a fan on me. I really dont sleep well with out the air blowing on me.

Hurst

 

The bottom of the feet dont touch the door. Glass only. When the window is rolled up so the AC tops the top of the window,.. the outside legs do not touch the door at all. Like I said,.. that was just a trial fit.

Freightliner doors (Columbia, Century and Coronado) are angled down on the bottom. So the legs on the stand were designed to be in the driver side window only,. as one is longer than the other. While it could probably work in the passenger side,.. the window would have to be rolled up higher to accommodate the longer leg.

The glass from the window will prevent it from falling out. The wings are just there to stabilize it and 'help' keep it from putting too much pressure on the glass. They are not designed as the main support,.. the glass is. And yes,.. the finishing touch for the stand was to put rubber strips on the inside edges that touch the glass and frames of the door.

Hurst

 

I had mine set at 69f on the digital display and the fan was on medium. It worked Great. I have another 8500 BTU Haire window AC that I use in the bedroom at home and it does not work as well as the Frigidaire I bought for the truck. At my old house I had a 5000 BTU GE that worked great,.. it quit working after 3 years,.. replaced it with a kenmore 6000 btu that just sucked. Took it back the next day.

Reason I have a window AC in the bedroom is that my wife likes the home AC set at 75-ish. Thats her comfort zone or she's too cold. I cant sleep if its too hot,.. so we compromise in the bedroom and I can set the window AC to what ever I want.

Hurst

 

Got it. Well thought out.

 

http://m.homedepot.com/p/Ryobi-2-20...2-2&cm_mmc=shopping-_-become-_-28-_-205227796

 

Less than half the cost of a Honda, but does it have the quality,
and might need an external fuel tank.

 

Something you may all not realize is that these generators are meant to run at altitudes 2,000 and less. Unlike a real APU it doesn't adjust for higher altitudes. A generator sold in Denver is setup different then a generator sold in Ohio. It has to do with the carb jetting. A real APU has fuel injectors like a truck and a computer adjusts the ratio.

 

I didn't know that but going into the 5th summer with the little Honda all over the country and no problems.

 

That would su#k having to rejet it, you could buy 2 and link'em together and for the price of a Honda. Hurst has his tray set up like he just stopped at Sonic. I'd see that and hoping there be some food on it.