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Originally Posted by Mo_Gearhead View Post
QUOTE: Per code, you'll need a gen-tran switch, where you dedicate 10-12 circuits in your house to an A/B selector switch to switch between Line power and your generator."
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THIS is important to anyone installing a home generator. If you have a power outage and your generator 'backfeeds' into the power grid you may endanger the life of a utility lineman that is doing repair work, has disconnected a power line from its source and now is confident it is dead.

Utility crews working outages KNOW which way the current feeds from ...they will not expect it to be backfed.

DO NOT put one of these in your home without a proper transfer switch!
Sure...A certified pro electrician will do the job...insurance wise. I do not get the ability to do it safe...
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