And thanks for all the insightful replies folks... I agree that doing it the
safe way is superior... just looking for some feedback. I did a search for
the GenTran as a few of you mentioned it, and saw the way it is wired...
maybe I read it wrong, but it looked like you had to wire up the items you
want to power up individually. I thought you could just power the entire
breaker panel, then shut the breakers off on the circuits you are not
wanting to use. Ryan


Yes Ryan, you can do it that way. It is the cheapest of the safe ways.
I know money is tight but consider this: if all the things you want
powered are wired to both panels then it is real easy to avoid
overloading your generator. Of course, you could post a list next to
the breaker box so that anyone can turn off the correct breakers. And
even though you know the system real well others might not pay too
much attention. I don't know your situation but if money was really
tight I'd do like you mention above and hope that everyone that who
switches the power follows the directions. Just make sure that
whatever you do there is no way that your setup can back power the
line or allow line power into your gen set.
Cheers,
Eric