On Apr 23, 11:39*pm, aemeijers wrote:
On 4/23/2011 10:59 PM, HeyBub wrote:





RonB wrote:

Anyone else done something similar - or better? *I do want to keep
cost down and keep it safe. *But it is a solution that MIGHT get used
once every year or so.

A couple of people have mentioned interlock kits. Here's how and why they
work:

You add two breakers to your box. These breakers are connected to a 220v
male plug into which you connect the output of your generator.

Under normal conditions, these two new breakers are OFF. When the power
fails, you plug the extension cord from your generator into the male plug
attached to the two new breakers. You switch the MAIN to off and the two new
breakers to ON.

What an interlock switch does is guarantee that when the MAIN is ON, these
two new breakers must be OFF. When the two new breakers are ON, the MAIN
must be OFF.

All this is done to prevent your generator from backfeeding the distribution
system and presenting a safety hazard to the linemen.

You may dispense with the interlock switch is you're careful.

Uh, NO! You aren't wiring for you, you are wiring for the next owner, or
the helpful neighbor that comes over to help while you are in the
hospital because of the tree limb that fell on you. Safety-critical
stuff has to fail safe, and be idiot proof, or as close as we humans can
get.

--
aem sends....

SOME FOOLS IDEA OF AN IDIOT IS A CHILD LEFT ALONE TO WANDER & TAMPER.,
YOU ALSO MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT EVEN AN ANIMAL HAVE ACCESS TO
ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS.

SAFETY FIRST..&.. DAMAGES MUST BE ADDRESSED EXPEDITIOUSLY

PAT ECUM