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2 AC units on a 4000 watt gen.
I know I will draw out some skeptics on this but I have to see if anyone has tried something similar. I know the AC units draw the most at start up and then generally run below 2000 watts after. I have one 13,500 BTU unit now and I want to add a second 13,500. I have seen people start one unit with a 2000 watt generator by adding a larger capacitor to the AC. I am wondering if anyone has tried to add large farad capacitors on both AC's and ran them off a 4000 watt generator?
I plan on testing my current AC with a kilowatt tester then add a large capacitor and test again to see the difference in the peak draw at start up. If its less than 1700 I think I will try it with 2. I think I would set at least one AC to run continuous so they don't end up starting at the same time as they cycle.
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