Timeline for 8500 W generator with L14-30 plug.. How to access full capacity for house?
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| Nov 6, 2019 at 16:23 | comment | added | longneck | As designed, your generator can't give you 8500 watts via a single outlet. Creative wiring will not change this safely. | |
| Nov 6, 2019 at 3:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackDIY/status/1191913177677737984 | ||
| Nov 6, 2019 at 0:03 | comment | added | ThreePhaseEel | Why are you so concerned about getting maximum power out of your generator? What loads are you trying to run here? | |
| Nov 5, 2019 at 22:53 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Nov 5, 2019 at 20:44 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Mechanical interlocking between utility and generator is abosolutely mandatory. This is because there have been many incidents of people backfeeding when they use a "procedure" or "sequence" or "knowledge/experience" alone. In emergency situations, people get stressed, and they make mistakes. | |
| Nov 5, 2019 at 15:43 | comment | added | Daniel Griscom | Hello, and welcome to Home Improvement. If you like Harper's answer, please accept it by clicking the checkmark next to it. And, you should probably take our tour so you'll know how best to participate here. | |
| Nov 5, 2019 at 15:28 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Who's to say the transfer switch is engaged? What makes it mechanically impossible for the transfer switch to be on "Utility" while the suicide cord is hooked up? | |
| Nov 5, 2019 at 15:14 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 11 | |
| Nov 5, 2019 at 15:12 | history | edited | JACK | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 5, 2019 at 15:03 | comment | added | Jesse Brown | How would that endanger the linemen if the transfer switch is engaged? | |
| Nov 5, 2019 at 14:59 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | No, you can't ever do paralleling like that. You also must never use a suicide cord like that, not least, because it will defeat/bypass your transfer switch and put linemen in danger. | |
| Nov 5, 2019 at 14:50 | review | First posts | |||
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| Nov 5, 2019 at 14:48 | history | asked | Jesse Brown | CC BY-SA 4.0 |