Twayne wrote:
Pete C. wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:
Pete C. wrote:

Good Lord, you're making it more complicated than
it needs to be. I could do it quite simply with
all off the shelf inexpensive timers and relays.
I have had a smidgen of experience with little
Cats and tiny little 16 cylinder EMD generators
putting out a minuscule 4,160 volts and enough
current to melt the proverbial crowbar. Don't over
engineer the golly gosh darn thingy itty bitty
generator, it's not an APU on the space shuttle.
I guess all those 5 to 40kw generators I've installed
and maintained for homes and business have left me
with a substantial dearth of knowledge when it comes
to electrical systems. Should I walk you through
the simple steps that would address all your dire
concerns for blowing up the itty bitty power plant?
Of course, the simplest thing is as you say is to
switch cords but if he's anything like all of us
lazy humans who love to take advantage of existing
technology for the sake of convenience, he wants
something automatic.

TDD
Whoop-dee-doo, you still haven't covered the actual issues,
particularly with the probability of an inverter based generator
give the OPs mention of 2KW, and the fact that as soon as the new
load came online the inverter would trip out on overload before your
relay could shed other loads.
What inverter based generator? The guy has a itty bitty
generator sitting on top of an inverter? That's a heck
of a silly thing to place a generator on top of. GEEZ!

TDD

Why? For what valid reason?



Twane, you're getting the posters mixed up.

TDD