Man. I wouldn’t let you near my panel. LOL.
I have the same transfer switch. Installed.. I’m getting my $’s worth.
Holy shit dude.. I think that was the first time we met, no? We were gonna put a whole house rig in when we did the renno, but it was a casualty of being over budget.
So what is the benefit of a transfer switch like that? I just have mine powering the whole box with a safety lockout plate to prevent back-feeding the line. I guess since I have gas heat, dryer, and hot water I can get away with a 7000W powering my whole house.
Jesus
The transfer switch is meant to be hooked up to a handful of select circuits, with a single plug from a portable generator. Sump pumps, fridge/freezer, maybe one HVAC unit, and a room with lights. instead or running extension cords everywhere, those things are powered thru the existing lines. They're not very expensive.
The whole house unit costs a lot, and still needs to be fueled somehow. Natural gas burns nicely, buy doesn't have explosive power to turn heay magnets. Consider that your furnace may use gas, but still uses electricity to circulate. Propane has more power than natural gas, but still will make your broke trying to run a generator on it.Going through this seemingly every couple of years definitely has me considering something closer to a whole house unit, but it just seems crazy for something that gets used that little. And anything beyond heat, hot water, and refrigeration is just unnecessary luxury
Like I said I just have my generator running to a 220 breaker that feeds the whole box, no extension cords etc. If you really want you can shut off individual breakers, but a decent sized generator can handle most things other than large draw electric appliances (oven, toaster, range, hot water heater). The worst that can happen is the generator breaker trips and then you shut off whatever caused it. Now with LEDs and low power Tvs, you can run a lot of stuff with minimal power draw. My house looks like normal even with the generator running (6500W running/7000W max).
The bigger ones at HF are still pretty cheap You can get an 8750W for like $599. That is enough to power a lot of stuff.I have the small 2KW Honda style knockoff generator from Harbor Freight. It's been great. Can't hear it running from the house at all, and certainly not with multiple neighbors running generators 24/7. Only downside is it's only 110 and obviously well short of being able to power everything, so I have it connected to the gas boiler/hot water heater, refrigerator, Verizon box and modem, and then plugs for random electronics. Going through this seemingly every couple of years definitely has me considering something closer to a whole house unit, but it just seems crazy for something that gets used that little. And anything beyond heat, hot water, and refrigeration is just unnecessary luxury
What do you want serenity or AC and TV!
No really, I understand they are loud. The thing is in my neighborhood, once the power goes out everyone has a generator running anyway, so it's loud no matter what.
Yeah, we are well and septic so full time.
I have no generator, mainly because if I can't power my well pump, which is hard-wired, I might as well go to a hotel or stay with family (pre-Covid Wuhan virus).
