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Tony Miklos[_2_]

On 9/21/2011 1:11 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 10:48:36 -0400, Tony Miklos
wrote:

That way you will be able to use any lights, anywhere in your house,
including in your basement, regardless of whether you power your house with
a 5kw or a 50kw genset.

I heard new code calls for generator sizing dependent on full load for
all circuits powered, and no allowance for rotating loads. Not hard
wiring it in and using extension cords instead would be the only way
around that. Don't know if it's true but that's "watt" I heard.

That is only for generators with automatic transfer equipment that do
not also have automatic load management. If you manually switch the
generator on line they assume you can also do your own manual load
management.

Ah! That makes sense. Thanks.