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| Nina Harris 2005-08-27, 8:22 pm |
| can someone outline generally what would this look like:
the idea would be to be able to disconnect from the local powergrid (ie. pull the
master switch on house wall) and plug a backup generator (also located on the same
wall) which would provide enough power to run some light and refrigerator (ie. yamaha
3000/4000 watt)
I'm looking at only providing a simple solution to *not* need an extension cord and
*not* need to manually attach anything, just walk outside, hit the swich, plug in
yamaha, plug it to wall
how difficult would this be to do? any links where this may already be documented?
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| Anthony Matonak 2005-08-27, 8:22 pm |
| Nina Harris wrote:
> can someone outline generally what would this look like:
>
> the idea would be to be able to disconnect from the local powergrid (ie. pull the
> master switch on house wall) and plug a backup generator (also located on the same
> wall) which would provide enough power to run some light and refrigerator (ie. yamaha
> 3000/4000 watt)
You're looking for a manual transfer switch for your generator.
Any electrician should be able to install one for you. I don't
know if they are common in home improvement stores but I'm sure
you could find any number of on-line suppliers for them.
Anthony
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| Vaughn 2005-08-27, 8:22 pm |
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"Nina Harris" <sas@mailinator.com> wrote in message
news:3nbuf3Fr6quU1@individual.net...
> can someone outline generally what would this look like:
>
> the idea would be to be able to disconnect from the local powergrid (ie. pull
> the
> master switch on house wall) and plug a backup generator (also located on the
> same
> wall) which would provide enough power to run some light and refrigerator (ie.
> yamaha
> 3000/4000 watt)
>
> I'm looking at only providing a simple solution to *not* need an extension
> cord and
> *not* need to manually attach anything, just walk outside, hit the swich, plug
> in
> yamaha, plug it to wall
>
> how difficult would this be to do? any links where this may already be
> documented?
This is the one I use: http://www.nbmc.com/emergen/ It will take an
electrician about two hours to hook it up.
Vaughn
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| Steve Spence 2005-08-27, 8:22 pm |
| We installed an automatic transfer switch. Primary power is the
generator (veggie oil powered). If the gen (grid) goes down, the auto
transfer switch automatically kickcs in the battery/inverter.
http://www.green-trust.org/wiki/ind...Transfer_Switch
Steve Spence
Dir., Green Trust, http://www.green-trust.org
Contributing Editor, http://www.off-grid.net
http://www.rebelwolf.com/essn.html
Nina Harris wrote:
> can someone outline generally what would this look like:
>
> the idea would be to be able to disconnect from the local powergrid (ie. pull the
> master switch on house wall) and plug a backup generator (also located on the same
> wall) which would provide enough power to run some light and refrigerator (ie. yamaha
> 3000/4000 watt)
>
> I'm looking at only providing a simple solution to *not* need an extension cord and
> *not* need to manually attach anything, just walk outside, hit the swich, plug in
> yamaha, plug it to wall
>
> how difficult would this be to do? any links where this may already be documented?
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