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Originally Posted by ishoot308
Believe it! I think what you are missing is the fact that all three indoor units work off ONE condenser you are not running three condensers for three indoor units. The three indoor units draw very little power, 1 amp or less if I remember correctly as it is basically just a small fan motor. The outdoor unit runs on 220 volts but I do not remember the amp draw.
My Honda generator has a wattage use meter and with all three indoor units running on high AC and whatever else I had on in the house like misc lights, large screen TV, two refrigerators, etc, etc. I was drawing 3300 watts off my 6000 watt portable generator. Hardly under powered. The other thing you must remember there is no huge start up surge of power required like most AC condenser units. Mini-splits are run with an inverter driven, frequency controlled compressor motor, that allows the compressor to soft start and also to run at reduced output instead of cycling on and off.
As an fyi, the electrician for Home Energy looked at my generator and confirmed that it would easily run all three units and have plenty of left over capacity and told me not to worry about it at all.
Dan
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Ah, 6000W generator, sorry, I don't think of that as portable, I was thinking one of the 1000 w units. Sorry I doubted you.