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Should I use a GFCI breaker in the load center for a 50 Amp generator circuit?
First -- you need to use a "generator interlock" in the panel, which is a sliding-plate affair that forces the main breaker to be off before the generator breaker can be turned on.
Second, ...
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Should I use a GFCI breaker in the load center for a 50 Amp generator circuit?
You MUST use a regular 50A breaker for the generator side of your interlock. (The GFCI will fry if you try using it instead.)
Electronic circuit breakers, such as ground fault circuit interruptors, ...
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Generator power inlet connect to outside main panel
All you need is the right type of interlock. Based on some basic information (definitely Square D, meter main (a.k.a. "all inone"), etc.), this interlock kit looks like the right one for the ...
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Portable Generator Temporary Connection
The only inexpensive way to connect a generator to a homes wiring in an emergent situation were it must be done now is called double block and break. To execute that you find 2 adjacent points that ...
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Class 320 panel system one generator
Class 320 aka 400A service is typically installed as dual 200A (48 kW) main panels, for cost reasons. If price is NOOOOOOOO object, 400A (96 kW) industrial panelboards can be obtained.
This creates ...
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Class 320 panel system one generator
Yes, you can feed both panels with two conditions:
The ATS must be rated for the higher supply, IE the 400A one.
The anticipated loads must be within the generator capacity
With a 400A single phase ...
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Class 320 panel system one generator
Key question is: Will the two 200A panels will be near each other?
If they are, which is quite common, then make one the generate backed-up "critical loads" panel. Split something like this:
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Wiring 2 generators and utilizing a subpanel
Assuming the subpanel is on the main house and does not have its own ground bond, both generators need to be unbonded and both need ground and neutral attached separately to their respective panels.
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