OSUT#247 Independence Day and Summer Picnics

[CHCRandy]

True. Now I really need to get a transfer switch installed. This one is big enough to run the whole house.

I need to get one of these set-ups. I was without power for 27 hours.......lost probably half the cost of this to bad food. Just curious though, in a nutshell.......how do you hook a transfer switch? I almost went and bought one of these yesterday, but then I thought about what I could run on it from extension cords and just waited it out. How hard is it to run this to power entire home? Thanks buddy. Didnt mean to hi-jack this post.....

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I need to get one of these set-ups. I was without power for 27 hours.......lost probably half the cost of this to bad food. Just curious though, in a nutshell.......how do you hook a transfer switch? I almost went and bought one of these yesterday, but then I thought about what I could run on it from extension cords and just waited it out. How hard is it to run this to power entire home? Thanks buddy. Didnt mean to hi-jack this post.....

I don't know for sure (I'm no electrician), but I assume it's something on the outside of the house near the meter that you would feed the generator into. When the power goes out, then you'd flip the switch over to the generator-supplied side. I did the extension cord thing, but just to two refrigerator freezers, tv and a light (although cable and internet were out too) and the lights and fans out on the deck.

 

[GregD]

Morning

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Better get going. Gotta be at the tire place by 8:30. BBL

 

[Expat]

Didnt mean to hi-jack this post.....

We will let it slide this time but we are usually pretty rigid on sticking to our topic here

 

[Expat]

Morning Greg

 

[Expat]

I took Waylon to the cemetery and walking him 1.5 miles. There were pretty deep puddles. He loved that. I think that is his first time. I need to get him to a creek or pond to try him out in deeper water.

 

[GregD]

Morning Expat

 

[OneBadV8]

Morning B&G, red

 

[OneBadV8]

We will let it slide this time but we are usually pretty rigid on sticking to our topic here

 

[GregD]

Morning V8

 

[OneBadV8]

Morning Randy, Greg

 

[OneBadV8]

We keep kicking around the idea of a generator but I think we’ll wait until the next house. Probably start looking to move more to the country in 2 years or so

 

[Expat]

Morning 1BV8! I don’t think I got you earlier.

 

[Expat]

My FiL had one of those big propane tanks (Farmer). Then a neighbor died and he ended up with his. So he had enough propane to run about two years with a little conservation.

 

[GregD]

Very nice rain just started!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Mornin' Greg!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

They just pulled my car into the bay. Shouldn' be too long.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Getting a little thunder and lightning.

 

[GregD]

Morning DD