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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3200075" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Get a licensed electrician to set this up. Lots of ways to set up a generator to feed a home. We have a portable generator that is 10,000 watts peak but 7800 watts full load. It runs our TV's, electric heater, two freezers, two refrigerators, electric stove and lighting easily. </p><p>The secret to adding a portable to a home that has lost power is to turn off every breaker, and turn each breaker back on one at a time and give it a couple of minutes before turning on the next because if I just turned on the main, and all the high load compressors came on at the same time, it would overload the generator causing it to trip the breaker. </p><p>Learn what wattage each appliance has for running,(its on nameplates on each appliance) and size the generator accordingly. Always go bigger if one can afford it. </p><p>If you have a smaller generator, you can cycle the appliances like freezers. If the lid stays closed, they will maintain below freezing temps for a couple of days. Plug one in for 24 hours, and then unplug and plug another in for 24 hours. Repeat until main power is restored. </p><p>It's pretty amazing how small of a generator one can get by with if they know their appliances wattages. </p><p>If your needing to run a central heat unit that is a heat pump or an older electric element model, the generator will have to be sized to accept the starting current as well as the running current with extra to cover appliances and lighting. </p><p>Myself, I've got a 100 amp line running from my shop to the house. I have put the proper receptacles in place that the generator is running in the shop 100' away, and I'm back feeding the house through the main breaker in the shop. We don't get the noise nor the possibility of carbon monoxide getting into the house from the generators exhaust if one is ran too close to the house. </p><p>Always turn off the main breaker in the house that is fed from the utility company as you don't want to back feed the commercial power line.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3200075, member: 5412"] Get a licensed electrician to set this up. Lots of ways to set up a generator to feed a home. We have a portable generator that is 10,000 watts peak but 7800 watts full load. It runs our TV's, electric heater, two freezers, two refrigerators, electric stove and lighting easily. The secret to adding a portable to a home that has lost power is to turn off every breaker, and turn each breaker back on one at a time and give it a couple of minutes before turning on the next because if I just turned on the main, and all the high load compressors came on at the same time, it would overload the generator causing it to trip the breaker. Learn what wattage each appliance has for running,(its on nameplates on each appliance) and size the generator accordingly. Always go bigger if one can afford it. If you have a smaller generator, you can cycle the appliances like freezers. If the lid stays closed, they will maintain below freezing temps for a couple of days. Plug one in for 24 hours, and then unplug and plug another in for 24 hours. Repeat until main power is restored. It's pretty amazing how small of a generator one can get by with if they know their appliances wattages. If your needing to run a central heat unit that is a heat pump or an older electric element model, the generator will have to be sized to accept the starting current as well as the running current with extra to cover appliances and lighting. Myself, I've got a 100 amp line running from my shop to the house. I have put the proper receptacles in place that the generator is running in the shop 100' away, and I'm back feeding the house through the main breaker in the shop. We don't get the noise nor the possibility of carbon monoxide getting into the house from the generators exhaust if one is ran too close to the house. Always turn off the main breaker in the house that is fed from the utility company as you don't want to back feed the commercial power line. [/QUOTE]
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