AC surge current?
Amperage draw is listed as 4.8 amps for the 5000 BTU room AC. I would like to run this unit off of a Honda 1000 watt generator. The above requires at most 600'watts to run, after the ingress current gets it operational. What might the ingress current be? Another way of asking the question is ," what is the surge wattage"? The Honda runs continuously at 900 watts. Thank you.
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You are missing the voltage supply here to get an definitive answer
for 240 volts drawing 4.8 amps the required wattage is 1152
for 120 volts the wattage is 576 watts
for 120 volts with a current of 900 watts , it equates to 7.5 amps
with 240 volts with a current of 1150 watts , it equates to 4.79 amps
so you can see the problem by not stating the supply voltage
get access to an cable clamp amp meter / watt meter from an electrician and read the current on starting the ac unit
if it exceeds 900 watts for 120 volts or 1150 for 240 volts , consider a bigger generator