[Elecraft] OT: Whole House Generator - Update

[Mel Farrer]

Yes, Mine is a manual transfer at the mains, I have a night lite on the commercial side to tell me their power is back on.....
Mel, K6KBE

      From: Richard Fjeld <rpfjeld at outlook.com>
 To: "Charlie T, K3ICH" <pincon at erols.com>; "elecraft at mailman.qth.net" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017 2:53 PM
 Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Whole House Generator - Update
   
Charlie,
The bottom paragraph of your post caught my eye.

Transfer switch type  can depend upon a generator’s locale.  I have seen outdoor generators hard packed with snow internally.  I feel better about examining things before start-up. So for home use,  I favor manual control.

With a manual switch, it is nice not to have the whole AC panel transferred to generator so that it can be known when the commercial power is restored.

On the lighter side, I have a 350 watt peak AC Honda generator with a 12 volt 6 amp DC output.  I won’t part with it. It is the size of a large lunch bucket. There isn’t room enough to tell how handy it has been.

Rich, n0ce

From: Charlie T, K3ICH<mailto:pincon at erols.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 9, 2017 1:37 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net<mailto:elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: Whole House Generator - Update

(snipped some)

In some of the smaller transfer panels, each house circuit has its own two
way switch such that you have to manually switch it from mains to generator
and back when the juice comes back on.  This works fine too and isolates the
generator output.

73, Charlie k3ICH


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