Phil and Ginni Lyons

Phil Lyons has been a Bus Nut and moderator of the BCM forum for many years. He and his wife Ginni live in the central highlands of Arizona.  Phil’s day job is in IT Security ...

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Do I Really Need a Generator to Power my Mini-split Air Conditioner?

Post by: Glennman

I have a 12 kW Kubota generator (Wrico) installed in my 1974 MCI. I plan to get rid of the bus, so I’m thinking of putting the generator in my 2002 MCI. Currently, I do not have a generator in this bus.  I only have solar. My thinking is that I really don’t need 12 kW, since I would only need to charge my system on cloudy days, etc. That being said, is a 12 kW generator too much power, since it would be charging through a mere 3000W Victron Multi-Plus? Would I only be wasting fuel?

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