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<blockquote data-quote="Hobbes" data-source="post: 1684260" data-attributes="member: 3371"><p>Beautiful day to roll the generator out and exercise it.</p><p>I had an interlock kit installed a couple of months ago and thought you might be interested in it for your own setup.</p><p></p><p>Obviously you can't run everything at once and you do have to manage your loads but it's doable in emergencies.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i871.photobucket.com_albums_ab279_forbin09_Generators2011001.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I'm lucky that my panel is right next to my garage door so I had the inlet box installed right below it and use a 25 foot cord to</p><p>backfeed the panel from there.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i871.photobucket.com_albums_ab279_forbin09_Generators2011002.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>A closeup of the <a href="http://www.interlockkit.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000CD">interlock kit</span></a></p><p>You can install one of these yourself if you're very handy but I had an electrician install mine and he installed this </p><p>first one for him in less than 2 hours from the instructions provided.</p><p></p><p>They are UL listed. You must buy the correct one for your panel or it won't work.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i871.photobucket.com_albums_ab279_forbin09_Generators2011003.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Briggs and Stratton Elite Generator Pics</p><p></p><p><strong>[Broken External Image]</strong></p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i871.photobucket.com_albums_ab279_forbin09_Generators2011006.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>The big generator is to run the water well and refrigerator a couple of hours in the morning and evening but it</p><p>would consume a lot of fuel for extended outages.</p><p>It's also not the cleanest power for sensitive electronics.</p><p></p><p>So, a small inverter generator can run the wood pellet stove, satellite receiver, TV, and a fan all day long on a gallon of gas</p><p>and it's super clean power as well.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i871.photobucket.com_albums_ab279_forbin09_Generators2011008.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>So, after 2 crappy Winters with ice and lots of snow shoveling I'm all set.</p><p></p><p>It's 66 degrees outside today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hobbes, post: 1684260, member: 3371"] Beautiful day to roll the generator out and exercise it. I had an interlock kit installed a couple of months ago and thought you might be interested in it for your own setup. Obviously you can't run everything at once and you do have to manage your loads but it's doable in emergencies. [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i871.photobucket.com_albums_ab279_forbin09_Generators2011001.jpg[/IMG] I'm lucky that my panel is right next to my garage door so I had the inlet box installed right below it and use a 25 foot cord to backfeed the panel from there. [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i871.photobucket.com_albums_ab279_forbin09_Generators2011002.jpg[/IMG] A closeup of the [URL="http://www.interlockkit.com/"][COLOR="#0000CD"]interlock kit[/COLOR][/URL] You can install one of these yourself if you're very handy but I had an electrician install mine and he installed this first one for him in less than 2 hours from the instructions provided. They are UL listed. You must buy the correct one for your panel or it won't work. [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i871.photobucket.com_albums_ab279_forbin09_Generators2011003.jpg[/IMG] Briggs and Stratton Elite Generator Pics [b][Broken External Image][/b] [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i871.photobucket.com_albums_ab279_forbin09_Generators2011006.jpg[/IMG] The big generator is to run the water well and refrigerator a couple of hours in the morning and evening but it would consume a lot of fuel for extended outages. It's also not the cleanest power for sensitive electronics. So, a small inverter generator can run the wood pellet stove, satellite receiver, TV, and a fan all day long on a gallon of gas and it's super clean power as well. [IMG]https://www.okshooters.com/data/MetaMirrorCache/i871.photobucket.com_albums_ab279_forbin09_Generators2011008.jpg[/IMG] So, after 2 crappy Winters with ice and lots of snow shoveling I'm all set. It's 66 degrees outside today. [/QUOTE]
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