My truck AC works great, but on hot days the kids in the coach would still get warm, especially in the cab over. Whoever was in the front seats needed to wear sweatshirts...ha. So, this is what I ended up with after years of tweaking.?I have a rack that goes in the trailer hitch, that has a platform and a bike rack. I had my frame extensions reinforced.
I have a Wen 2350watt generator. I went with it over the Honda just due to the weight...the price helped too. The Wen only weighs 39lbs. I cut the wire going from the inverter to the AC located under the couch, and installed heavy duty male-female connectors. Then I fished another, same gauge wire, back behind the sink & furnace and drilled a hole next to where the propane line exits the coach. I put a male plug on the end that plugs into the generator and a female plug on the other end under the couch. When we are camping, we just connect the male & female of the original wire that we cut. When they are plugged together, its just like the original setup. When we are going down the road we just unplug the original setup and plug the female end of the wire that runs from the generator into the male that goes to the AC. The generator runs ONLY the AC, it does not run the invertor or anything else in the coach. I also installed a soft start to the AC unit. Everything works nicely together.
The Wen only holds about 1 gallon of fuel. The rack that houses the generator has a place for my 1 gallon gas can. That 1 gallon lasts longer than the fuel stop interval of the motorhome. When we stop for fuel, I fill the generator back up with the gas can, then I refill the motorhome & gas can at the same time. It is the least inconvenient way that we have thought of so far. Like I said, we have been tweaking our setup over the years. Not saying its the best way, but it is the best way that my little pee brain has come up with.....so far. Ha
I can send pix if it will help anyone.
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JohnJab01
