I looked into that as well but the wire would have to be #4 awg to get to
the garage with minimum voltage drop (~5volts). I'll also have to deal ith
conduit through a few 0 degree turns. It would be really combersom to
handle. A pipe would be no problem since these are straight lines.

This house was wired whacky and the fuse box is the farest it can possibly
be from the A/C unit. The genny would be near the A/C unit (largest
consumer) and the power would have to flow across the house into the garage
(~150 feet of length or 300 feet of loop length) then back all the way
across the garage an house to the A/C unit.

Plus that puts it near the master bedroom. Don't want all that noise a wall
away. Behind the garage faces woods so the neighbors noise gets dissipated.

Home Depot had a sale on for 250 off on the generator and another 200 off if
you use the HD credit card. I was going to pay cash but hey I'll route it
through their card if there giving away 200 bucks.



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Its probably cheaper to install the generator right near the gas line
and run a main power cable to the breaker box. Easier than gas line.
voltage drop on proper sized cable is meaningless..........

this houston poster doesnt want any inconvenience by a outage, I hope
he opts for a autiomatic start system. Home depo is selling them
locally/ You buy the generator and a contractor handles the entire
install from concrete pad for generator to permits install and user
training. You REALLY want a auto system it starts weekly for exercise
and reports troubles automatically.

can you imagine having a big generator and finding it doesnt work
when needed the most

I would love a neighbor like him he will have enough capacity to keep
the neighbors fridges and such running. time for extension cords