Is your generator ready?
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Hassablad
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harbor freight here I come...lol Thanks guys for the reminder.
Just wondering If their Is a way to make a cable for the jebao to hook up to a 12v battery. That would be great in a crunch.
Just wondering If their Is a way to make a cable for the jebao to hook up to a 12v battery. That would be great in a crunch.
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mlewandowski61
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Generator ready and waiting just be carefull and back feed whole house and run tank and few other things
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H@rry
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Mine is not connected to the house wiring. Just a bunch of extension cords running everywhere. A couple of years ago when the tornadoes came through, we went about a week with no problems. All the return pumps, refrigerator, microwave, phone, router, cable modem, tvs, and computers. It was in the spring with very mild weather so we didn't get hot or cold. Actually it wasn't bad at all. If the power goes down now though, we'll get kinda chilly. I have one plug-in electric heater but that won't heat us very well. By the time I get there HD and Lowe's will probably be sold out. Oh well, we need to rough it every once in a while. Just so we don't lose any livestock.
Dowtish
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Harry- What model generator do you have?
Bow
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If the generator has a 220 line you can get an interlock kit and wire it into your panel. You will be able to run most things in the house selectively. What I mean is as long as you turn stuff off that you are not using and don't overload the breaker on the generator you will be good to go. Make sure you use the correct size wire and breakers. Or better yet find a fellow reefer that is an electrician.
Connie
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Generator....Check
Gasoline....Check
extension cords....check
flashlights....check
candles...check
heaters.......nope...went and checked my bullet and it is down to 20%. I might be getting chilly....but the tank should be fine....lol
Gasoline....Check
extension cords....check
flashlights....check
candles...check
heaters.......nope...went and checked my bullet and it is down to 20%. I might be getting chilly....but the tank should be fine....lol
The interlock kit idea for your panel as mentioned above is generally the best setup for a residential generator. You can get them online for short money. It's fairly cheap and easy to install and will run most of your house, depending on the size of your generator, aside from large loads like dryers, ovens, electric heat, etc. I would recommend having an electrician install it for you though if your don't have any electrical knowledge.
gcrawford
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I'm totally looking into the interlock kit now for the house. I have the generator, cords and such. Would be awesome to connect the gen to the exterior plug and turn on the circuits we want to have power.
They sell pretty much everything you need right at home depot or Lowe's except the actual interlock. For that the best place to go would be Interlockkit.com. I've bought a number of them from this site and they carry kits for a lot of the older and more oddball panels. Plus they have pictures and measurements so you get the right one. The best way to hook your panel up is through a dedicated outdoor power inlet that feeds into a back-feed breaker. The interlock kit will make it so that this back-feed breaker cannot be turned on unless the main breaker is turned off. Thus preventing power going out into the lines. It's really a very simple install and my company installs a lot of them. Usually it's an hour and a half to two hours at most so it's not labor intensive. Plus if you're just a homeowner installing this it's much more fool proof. They even come with directions
Bow
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Best part is it's cheaper and easier then a6 or 8 circuit generator panel. The lights you want are never on the right combinations of circuits for those. This way you get use of your whole house, as long as you turn off what you aren't using, and don't try to use appliances that draw a lot. (Electric ovens, electric heat, dryers). That being said, I've got a 3 bedroom ranch and I can run everything including one of the burners on the elec stove at one time. Not recommended but I had to see.
JMSKI333
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I got a reliance 10 circuit transfer switch for $150 used locally. I was only planning on doing a 6-circuit one but I couldn't pass up the deal.
Interlock kits are great, but if the power comes back on, you wouldn't know unless you switched the interlock back to main.
Don't forget you will still need to buy the male 30amp receptacle and the 10/3 wire to hook it into the panel.
Interlock kits are great, but if the power comes back on, you wouldn't know unless you switched the interlock back to main.
Don't forget you will still need to buy the male 30amp receptacle and the 10/3 wire to hook it into the panel.
