mine is and all the people around here are running natural gas gens a 22kw propane does about 17nw on natural gas. they make kits to run the natural gas. im waiting to hear about someone powering there house off their electric car
My parents bought through costco and their vendor installed a generac, not sure on the kv rating. The install price was outrageous, as much as the generator, but that was a full hands off operation. The installer poured a slab, tied into the panel and natural gas line, delivered and hooked up the generator and transfer switch, etc. Aside from a 12v starter battery going bad, it has been great though a little loud. They live in an area where edison started shutting off the power every time the wind blows and it blows a lot. My only concern with natural gas is a disaster situation like an earthquake where the natural gas is shut off due to leaks or "An abundance of safety". I figure gasoline will be available in that situation in some form.
it matters big time. If you backfeed into your system you MUST turn off your main breaker. Transformers also work backwards. So if a lineman is working on the line and you don't turn off your main breaker you will feed a huge power load to the line a man is working on and can suffer bad injurys.
X2. If you don’t isolate from the grid by either turning your main breaker off or via an auto transfer switch that does this for you there will be major issues.
Same here. Our nice fridge took a dump after a quick outage up here in Julian last year. Power goes out for a minimum of 3 straight days each fall the 4 years I've lived up here. 6 days straight 3 years ago.
I think your not understanding what I’m asking. I never meant or talked about the main breaker and back feeding into the grid. Clearly the main needs to be cut if someone was to back feed their house. For various reasons.
What’s the average cost on that? I have a small 3500 predator and would be great to have as a backup.
I went “upstream” from my home closer to the street and was able to pick up the panels for my home AND the panel for my shop.
What I had done at my last house is pretty much what DTA outlined. My buddy is 3rd gen sparky, and wired the house when we built it. I already had a 6KW Onan we used during construction, as we couldn't get a temp service. I was looking into transfer switches and he said don't bother, much cheaper this way. Knife switch, sub panel, and a 30 ft piece of SJ coiled up in the garage.
Thats where it can get a little tricky trying to give advice. Most home owners dont understand how electricity in their home works. Which is totally fine. Again it all comes down to money. If you are trying to save a few bucks, and you dont have a loved one on oxygen, an ATS might not be in the budget. Lots of people just want to save the $400 of food in the fridge from going bad. Or fire up a computer so a kid can finish homework.
