Mine's all manual (sockets for the house, plugs and extensions for the genny). I'm too damn stupid to remember crap. If it plugs in it works, if it ain't, it don't (one or the other, but not both). lol. Keeps backfeeding out of the loop entirely.
Almost the same for me, I just backfeed from the shop to the house.
If its just me at the farm I have a small Honda super quiet, and with a male to male ext cord I just plug it in on the porch and half the breaker panel is hot. What I need for basic comfort is on one side of the breaker panel. Just be sure to shut off the main breaker so no smoke comes out of your Genny where its not supposed to.
I used to have those spousal issues, but she wised up and got rid of me.
Lucky me..
For those with the genny hooked to the main panel:
How hard is this to do? I'm slightly capable of doing some electrical. I've installed breakers. I wired my service pole, meter box, and panel for my deer camp. What's the approx cost of materials?
After we bought the 10k gen I got lazy and bought the big box kit for $250. Yes it was a little expensive but it had everything you need and was super simple to install.
Ha.........I have lost 2 of them somewhere along lifes path. Miss neither of them.
We had a sweet battery back up for lights and lite duty. Had a few actually. Friends see them and make me offers I can not refuse and we install them in their cabins and Rural homes. I need to get another one put together. Winter is coming.
I hope these offers don't include references to their sympathy for that accident you had next week!
For those with the genny hooked to the main panel:
How hard is this to do? I'm slightly capable of doing some electrical. I've installed breakers. I wired my service pole, meter box, and panel for my deer camp. What's the approx cost of materials?
Just a reminder. Remember to exercise your generators periodically. I try to do it monthly. Ran them today for about a 20 minutes under about half load.
Would walking them for an hour be an acceptable substitute?
I really like the idea of that double male cord plugged into the porch outlet. If that is a way to go, why are folks throwing so much money at switches, boxes and the like?