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Old 06-11-2013, 10:10 PM   #1
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Mabel Lake Provincial Park

The spot is only a couple hundred feet from the lake....only took 2.5 try's to get where the wife wanted the trailer...some thing to do with some yoga thing called "swing she" the TT needs to be in the right angle of the compass...NO Not really I just made that up but it did take me 2.5 try's... More pics to follow.
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More pics of Mabel lake

View from our spot....
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Wildlife pics ...

The little specs are gophers, or prairie dog or whatever..the little ?uggers get into everything..our poor welsh terrier just went nuts
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The gen set

Notice the yellow generator...it's a Champion 2000 watt got if from Costco online..runs great quiet,easy to start..charges the TT batterers. Will not start our AC unit..but didn't need it.
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As a side note they had a fishing derby the weekend before we arrived ... the winner caught a 18.5 lb rainbow...
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Notice the yellow generator...it's a Champion 2000 watt got if from Costco online..runs great quiet,easy to start..charges the TT batterers. Will not start our AC unit..but didn't need it.
Does the A/C kick the overload breaker on the generator when it tries to start?
There is a fix for that if you want or need the generator to power the A/C.
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Sundancer 87.....good comments....I knew when I bought the gen.it wouldn't have enough capacity to start the AC unit....I have looked some options...I will need to remove the existing capacitator in the AC unit with either a soft or hard start capacitator..not sure which...my thinking is to buy a parallel kit with another 2000 Watt Champion gen set..then I would have lots of juice to start and run the AC unit.
Is this what you were thinking about?
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I was thinking about the hard start capacitor. I installed one on a buddy's of mine. He was trying to start the A/C with a Yamaha generator and just couldn't do it until we installed the hard start.

They are much cheaper of course than another generator and you don't lose the room any where.

For my money I'd try the hard start first and then go with another generator.
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Good option...just wondering how easy/hard to install as DIY and the cost?..like your suggestion of the hard start capacitor...

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http://www.modmyrv.com/2009/05/27/rv...tart-capacitor

Easy as.....
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sundance 87...if your up in my neck of the woods I owe you one..
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sundance 87...if your up in my neck of the woods I owe you one..
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I'll keep that in mind Cooper. This week I'm in Oklahoma with Habitat for Humanity finishing a house we built last month. If you like roaming around and feel like stopping somewhere for two weeks to lend a hand to help someone live a better life take a look at the Habitat's Caravanners. It's a group of RV owners that travel to destinations where Habitat builds, rebuilds and rehabs homes for people.

I hope the hard start works for you. I looked yesterday and saw some on Amazon and probably some on eBay. Less price than from the RV products store.
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