Any electricians around.
So I have a portable gen that I use in blackouts but I have to run extension chords and stuff. The wife says why. Lol. The mosquitos and no seeums eat her alive so she hates that a door is cracked. I waned to backfeed the top breaker with the generator and use a cheap slide interlock as to not backfeed power lines. Sounds all good. No biggie, and cheap. But my main breaker is fn outside beside the meter. Ugh. ****. So what do i do. Am I stuck adding a 400 dollar transfer switch. I was thinking just add8ng a main breaker to the panel. But than trying to find one for a 30 year old Gould panel made my anxiety rise. Lol. Not even sure if it is possible. Looked at the generlink stuff but that’s not where I want to put my generator. Out in the open easily picked up by a strong fella and a truck. And they are 7-800 bucks. Yeesh any tips to the cheapest route. Thx guys.
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1. Use this only if your generator output is 30 amps or less (about 7.5 KW max). Dryer wiring and breaker are only rated for 30A.
2. Plug extension cord into dryer receptacle first, then into generator. Prongs on dryer end of extension cord will be hot and exposed when generator is running.
7.5KW is enough to run several circuits, a "window-shaker a/c, refrigerator and/or freezer. May need to turn off a/c to run well pump, and all but refrigerator should be switched off for about an hour to heat up a tank of water in the water heater.
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