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Cheap & Easy Way to Connect a Generator to Your House –
Cheap & Easy Way to Connect a Generator to Your House – Legal Too!
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For $100 you can connect your generator to your house legally & safely WITHOUT backfeeding dangerously. See how I installed …
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Well done, sir
I like your videos because they're easy to follow and you explain everything so well. Now I can connect our new everflo to our pain panel.
I'm a licensed electrician and I'd hire you to do this work for me. 100% legal and done in a workmanlike matter. The only thing I do differently is I like to, locate this inlet device box on the exterior to deter a homeowner from setting up and running their generator indoors. It's not a code violation to install the inlet indoors however.
Thank you for the video I had just bought a 12500/ 9,500 generator for my house. Bought everything and was going to hire an electrician but this seems easy enough
Out of curiosity, what size generator would I need to run an average size (3 bed / 2 bath) house. Would need to run the central AC (in Florida), refrigerator, hot water heater, stove, and lights.
USA people really hate DIN rails, it seems
Good job yes I need to do this thanks
My brain is my interlock. Always wait till morning if the outage is at night. Main breaker off, all unnecessary circuit off. Make all connections then you can start your generator after you check main breaker again.
Having this done this week and my panel is also very old about 35 yrs as well.
That Honda has a floating neutral. Most generators are bonded. Not explaining the difference in DIY videos can lead to code violations and potentially dangerous situations. When installing an interlock with a bonded neutral generator, you have to remove the jumper or you will be bonded in more than one place.
This is. The best way I’ve seen I’m
Do this
how do you install the interlock bracket if your main breaker is on the outside of your house, separate from the inside breaker box?
Awesome video
I just bought a Batteryevo Arctic. 15.5 kwh capacity. It comes with 2 cables to connect it. One for power into the battery, the other for power out of the battery. The battery is connected between the main panel and a sub panel with the circuits to be backed up. One of the cables can be used to connect the main panel to the sub panel if the battery is removed.
Only video that actually explains everything good job brother
All my plugs run on 120v except for my dryer plug, can i still wire it like this video or will it burn my appliances?
My AC has 70amp breaker but my generator can only do 50amp. Can i still do this? Thank you.
Question about bonding neutrals. Since most inverter generators come with bonded neutrals and GFCI outlets, won't the transfer switch connect the bonded generator with the already bonded main panel and thus not be up to code?
Can I convert that plug to receive a standard home appliance plug and just use a small 2K inverter?
Is this how you power both sides of the panel?
Will adding generator power to one side of the panel only supply power to one side of panel only and not both?
Nice video I’m trying to find the interlock kit but the link to the main feeding from the middle my main is on the opposite side of urs do I just move on the orther side and move break down like what u did
made it look easy!
Great idea….except the code now has the main outside with the meter.
Everyone is forgetting one item. By the electrical meter there should be a sign or label. Stating a secondary power source, for firemen or the power company. Check out article 702 i believe.
Great video!!! Glad to see the Generator Interlock installation – it is VERY important to have & will save lives. (maybe yours)
In most cases, your generator will NOT be able to power your entire house. Before you actually have to run Generator power, Identify which Circuit breakers are your 'Essential' ones (Furnace, Well Pump, Fridge, Freezer, essential lights, etc) I used a green paint marker to mark these breakers. Next, I marked the 'Nice to have' breakers (garage door opener, more lights, outlets for TV, etc) – I used a yellow paint marker. The remaining go unmarked & are things that take high amps, like the Range, Electric Water Heater, A/C, Electric Dryer, Washing Machine, dish washer, etc. Monitor your Amp gauge on your generator. You can run your Range if you turn off some of your Essential breakers.
Making a Checklist & instructions on 'How to' get everything working, in the proper order is good to have. Make sure you have a working flashlight available. You will have to get this working in the most inconvenient time & conditions. Make sure you start & run your generator every 30-60 days to insure it starts & runs. Keep an extra quart of oil available & rotate your gas. Do a full test at least once a year. (nothing worse than to have a generator that wont start of run when you really need it)
For extended power outages (several days or longer expected) – run your generator for about 1 hour, then shut it down for about 2 hours (or more, based upon your conditions). This will allow your limited fuel supply to last longer.
I'm kinda confused. So by moving the other circuit breakers down and putting the double pole generator breaker under the main, that makes it so the other breakers underneath will get power when flipped on?
Canadian here, not legal in Ontario, Canada
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Don't have a generator any more but ,on the cheap, I thought if during a power outage, I could pull the main breaker then connect the generator to an exterior outlet I would have whole house power. ..Opinions??…
30 amps won't power your whole house. Most AC condensers require 25-40 amps alone.
I'm an electrical contractor and I install many of these set-ups. I will NEVER install the inlet inside of a building or garage. I will only install those on outside walls. You might be smart enough to never run the generator inside the garage, but you may sell the house to some idiot who decides to buy the shortest cord for their generator, then runs the generator in the garage, and ends up killing their family. Carbon monoxide poisoning kills more people that you would believe, and I will do my best to prevent that from happening.
I don’t believe this passes the NEC, as the neutral isn’t isolated to the home. This setup can send current to the street through the neutral. Neutral carries the unbalanced load.
Why not go with a 50 amp inlet and use an adapter to connect your 30 amp line? That way you won't have to change anything if you upgrade your generator.
Beware Canadians,
Interlock kits are illegal in Canada.