Re: Running my house from a Generator, can I do this?....
- From: "Joseph Meehan" <sligojoe_Spamno@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:47:36 GMT
sparty wrote:
I recently moved into a new house in Michigan, that does not currently
have a Generator hook up.
I just ran 4 guage wire to my garage with a 60amp breaker on both
sides to run an Air Compessor/Welder/etc.
I'm wondering, could I take something like a 9000 watt generator, wire
a plug for it into a 60 amp breaker in the panel in my garage. Then
if our power went out, I go into the house, flip off the main
breaker, and all the breakers except the subpanel, furnace,
refridgerator, pump, and a few others.
Then I plug in and fire up the generator in my garage, or right
outside it, and feed power into the house from that to run those
select items?
I hope you really mean outside only. Never put one inside unless you
have a unit designed for it and know how to safely install it inside.
This seems like it would be a great idea, just want to make sure that
would be ok??
Thanks, James
Let's start with the fact that it would be illegal and unsafe. You need
a special connection box that assures that you are totally disconnected from
the grid before you supply any power to your own home. Ignoring this can
kill a utility worked who might be trying to restore power to your home and
working on a line he knows is disconnected from the grid and therefore dead,
that you have just powered up. You also would be powering up every other
home in the neighborhood.
--
Joseph Meehan
Dia duit
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