I am planning on installing a standby generator for my home. Has anyone here ever checked into this or already have one. All the knowledge you can give me will help.
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I don't know much about them other than you either need to work with your local utility when installing one or make sure it's not hooked up through your main panel.
Standby generators can be a safety hazard that threatens the lives of utility linemen when they're trying to restore service. Typically the utility will want you to install a protective device that prevents an operating standby generator from energizing the distribution lines into your home. If you don't do this and someone is hurt as a result, you're liable.
I'm not a utility lineman and never have been, but I have worked in the power industry for a long time. -
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We live in Florida so basically everyone has one
Easy cheap and great when you need it
Not to hard to hook up you can do it manually or automatically
You can power segments of your house or the whole thing depending on budget etc
We have 80% of our house covered (AC, lights, and refer) We do NOT have stove, Dryer, Washer, or the hot tub)
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I have had one for the past 10 years. Fixed location in my shop (about 30 ft. away from house) back-fed to the house main panel. To use it the first thing to do is throw the main breaker that feeds power from the street to your house. That way no feed-thru to utility lines. I have a "cheat-sheet" posted at the generator and the house panel so if I am not there anyone can use it. As a side note to this post. This past fall I changed the generator over to propane fuel. An ouitfit in WV sells the carb retro fit, all in all about $150. But now no worry about leaking plastic gas tanks, no gumming up, it starts easier and runs like a champ. Hooked up to an 80gal. main tank that powers cooking, hot water and one wall propane heaater in my shop, so not much worry about running out of fuel. Less bother all the way round!RuffSawn
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stand by generators?
Emergency use/stand by generators are getting to be a thing of necessity these days...I know that all too well around here!
If you decide to have one permantely installed and connected to your house thru the main breaker panel...you need to have a power transfer switch
installed by a licensed electrician, to prevent any chance of power being transferred from the generator thru the meter base back to the utility
cables in case of the power being restored without a disconnecting means
that could electrocute the linemen who would be trying to restore your
lost utility service. eezlockComment
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Is it best to hook up just the rooms you need or the whole house? Also how do you figure out how many watts you will need. I have had some Sh$t house lawyers around here tell me all about them, and not a one has one. I know at least on here you guys and gals can give me the truth.
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