Wondering if anyone has purchased one of these gennies above and what they can do. Suppliers here in Adelaide do not carry this model(order only) in stock so can't just rockup with van and try it. Or even the westinghouse 2400kva which is similar but won't fit in his gennie box of RV like the 2500 will(go figger)
He has a 5yrs old JB caravan with Ibis Air Command aircon, bought second hand, trying to work out if the above will run aircon or not. We cannot(but don't think it has) work out if it has the soft start and cannot get any info from the manufacturer(unbelievable).
We have tried a redback 2.1kva generator but it failed to start the airconditioner.
Hopefully someone with this particular model gennie can help, looking to someone with experience!
regards
Ian
-- Edited by Wanda on Wednesday 16th of December 2020 11:48:34 AM
Mike Harding said
12:31 PM Dec 16, 2020
The *only* way to be certain if a particular generator will run a particular air conditioner is to try it and repeat that process (say) 10 times.
Even if the specifications look good maximum start loads are rarely quoted are, in any event, may differ between individual units.
Wanda said
12:45 PM Dec 16, 2020
Yes I tend to agree but as I said they do not hold stock of this model they have to order it in. Hoping someone might have the same model here or even the 2400 which won't fit in mates gennie locker. One would think if 2400 runs it their 2500 should walk it in!
If I get no response here he may have to try their 2400 model, which they do carry in stock!
thanks
Ian
Mike Harding said
01:01 PM Dec 16, 2020
Wanda wrote:
One would think if 2400 runs it their 2500 should walk it in!
This one would not be so confident.
Wanda said
02:48 PM Dec 16, 2020
And why would that be MH?
Mike Harding said
05:19 PM Dec 16, 2020
Wanda wrote:
And why would that be MH?
Specifications are often driven by marketing departments and tend to be "flexible".
travelyounger said
04:05 AM Dec 17, 2020
Wanda wrote:
For a friend
Wondering if anyone has purchased one of these gennies above and what they can do. Suppliers here in Adelaide do not carry this model(order only) in stock so can't just rockup with van and try it. Or even the westinghouse 2400kva which is similar but won't fit in his gennie box of RV like the 2500 will(go figger)
He has a 5yrs old JB caravan with Ibis Air Command aircon, bought second hand, trying to work out if the above will run aircon or not. We cannot(but don't think it has) work out if it has the soft start and cannot get any info from the manufacturer(unbelievable).
We have tried a redback 2.1kva generator but it failed to start the airconditioner.
Hopefully someone with this particular model gennie can help, looking to someone with experience!
regards
Ian
-- Edited by Wanda on Wednesday 16th of December 2020 11:48:34 AM
Hi Wanda
My JB is a 2017 and has the ibis 3 and my Honda 2.2 will run the air con and charger and other low watt devices although it does rev high and rather noisy I would get the Yamaha if I knew that beforehand If the JB is less than five years it would more than likely be the ibis 3.
Is there any reason why you going with that brand when you can get Yamaha 2.4 for around the price of the Westinghouse and they are proven to run all RV air conditioners .The only way you will know is if you can do a test run as I know my Honda 2.2 will not run some of the older air conditioners and when I bought the Honda the salesman from TGW said it would run any air con and of coarse I believed him oh well another lesson learned not to rely on information from people who dont know what there product can do and be wary of cheap copys I would hate to see you do your doe
cheers
Wanda said
08:57 AM Dec 17, 2020
Thanks Travelyounger for your positive input.
We believe he has the "Ibis 2", probably the last before the Ibis 3 was released. I think the 3 has the soft start where as the 2 probably not(well not all of them).
Yes, he was around last night and it looks like there are some good prices for the Honda 2.2 at the moment, one of the problems is making sure it fits his gennie locker on the van.
I think he is heading down the Honda 2.2 way now with good prices and the ability to be able to try before buying.
thanks all the same
Ian
Fester55 said
11:20 AM Dec 17, 2020
During a current hot spell in Victoria my neighbour lent me his Honda 2.0 and it ran my older Ibis AC with no problems.
It ran at max revs so it was fairly noisy and it emptied its 3.5lt tank in just 4 hours. Ended up using 10lts throughout the day.
After this trial I found out that they're not practical for me due to not having enough space to carry jerry cans.
For a friend
Wondering if anyone has purchased one of these gennies above and what they can do. Suppliers here in Adelaide do not carry this model(order only) in stock so can't just rockup with van and try it. Or even the westinghouse 2400kva which is similar but won't fit in his gennie box of RV like the 2500 will(go figger)
He has a 5yrs old JB caravan with Ibis Air Command aircon, bought second hand, trying to work out if the above will run aircon or not. We cannot(but don't think it has) work out if it has the soft start and cannot get any info from the manufacturer(unbelievable).
We have tried a redback 2.1kva generator but it failed to start the airconditioner.
Hopefully someone with this particular model gennie can help, looking to someone with experience!
regards
Ian
-- Edited by Wanda on Wednesday 16th of December 2020 11:48:34 AM
The *only* way to be certain if a particular generator will run a particular air conditioner is to try it and repeat that process (say) 10 times.
Even if the specifications look good maximum start loads are rarely quoted are, in any event, may differ between individual units.
If I get no response here he may have to try their 2400 model, which they do carry in stock!
thanks
Ian
This one would not be so confident.
Specifications are often driven by marketing departments and tend to be "flexible".
Hi Wanda
My JB is a 2017 and has the ibis 3 and my Honda 2.2 will run the air con and charger and other low watt devices although it does rev high and rather noisy I would get the Yamaha if I knew that beforehand If the JB is less than five years it would more than likely be the ibis 3.
Is there any reason why you going with that brand when you can get Yamaha 2.4 for around the price of the Westinghouse and they are proven to run all RV air conditioners .The only way you will know is if you can do a test run as I know my Honda 2.2 will not run some of the older air conditioners and when I bought the Honda the salesman from TGW said it would run any air con and of coarse I believed him oh well another lesson learned not to rely on information from people who dont know what there product can do and be wary of cheap copys I would hate to see you do your doe
cheers
We believe he has the "Ibis 2", probably the last before the Ibis 3 was released. I think the 3 has the soft start where as the 2 probably not(well not all of them).
Yes, he was around last night and it looks like there are some good prices for the Honda 2.2 at the moment, one of the problems is making sure it fits his gennie locker on the van.
I think he is heading down the Honda 2.2 way now with good prices and the ability to be able to try before buying.
thanks all the same
Ian
It ran at max revs so it was fairly noisy and it emptied its 3.5lt tank in just 4 hours. Ended up using 10lts throughout the day.
After this trial I found out that they're not practical for me due to not having enough space to carry jerry cans.