Ecnerwal wrote in
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In article mw1Lb.184434$ss5.124112@clgrps13,
"Ryan" wrote:

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

What my Dad has at his house in Maine, which is blessed there, is a
setup with the generator fed into the breaker panel (by a breaker of
the generator's rated size) next to the main breaker, and there is a
metal part (interlock) between the generator breaker and the main
breaker which does not allow both to be on at the same time (I'm
reasonably sure it does allow both to be off, however).

Check with the electrician who you will pay for inspecting whether
this is legal in your area. It should be cheap - the interlock part is
just a metal stamping which turns one breaker off if you turn the
other breaker on, whcih pivots in the middle.

As opposed to a manual transfer switch, this has to be a lot cheaper,
just as safe, and it does allow choosing which loads to power from all
loads connected to the panel by flipping their breakers. I don't know
how widely this simple interlock system is accepted (no reason it
should not be other than lobbying of the authorities by people selling
overpriced transfer switches). People who want to sell overpriced
transfer switches should stick to selling the automatic sort, IMHO.

30 AMP 6 slot generator transfer switch, $218.00

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Anthony

You can't 'idiot proof' anything....every time you try, they just make
better idiots.

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