Can my generator run my home aircon (heat pump)?

[ricardocello]

No harm to try once.

Most HVAC people I know (including my late brother) would freak out when you tell them you ran your system with a portable generator.
They blame every compressor failure, controller board failure, and everything else that ever happened on the generator supplying poor power.

 

[corn18]

Just ordered up that genset. Now I gotta find someone to install a natural gas hookup for it.

 

[BrianVeg]

I saw a capacitor with a hard start kit attached

I had the same!on my Trane. It took some help from microair, but I got it to work