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The dark gray panel in the middle is the transfer switch or the brains of the whole system. It also prevents any back feeding into the grid.
The usual cause of back feeding is the home owner plugs the generator into a 240 VAC receptacle, AKA dry socket and doesn't switch the main breaker off. They'll buy an generator, a tank of propane and buy a 240VAC cable.
A couple of years ago, 2 power company employees were electrocuted by back feeding.
When power was out from the snow/ice/freezing rain After power came back on, a couple of Georgia Power's employees came up in their UTV and said we could hear your generator. Not entirely so, as he was looking for the signed 3x3 green sticker meaning the county inspector signed off.
The generator kicks in very quickly when power goes out. It hesitates when power comes back on in case power goes back off again.
Here some times, power will surge on and off. The little white box under the panel on the right is a surge protector. They are inexpensive, easy to install and well worth it. Add it is a lot easier than climbing a step ladder to install the control unit inside the ceiling fans. Surges can and will fry any appliance with an LED display.
The panel on the right is where grid power comes in, in the middle is the transfer switch and on the left has two main breakers; one the original cabin and one for the addition.
During the snow outage, a lot of people's generator's did not start. The reason is they didn't exercise it. It needs to run about every couple of weeks to keep the battery charged.
The usual cause of back feeding is the home owner plugs the generator into a 240 VAC receptacle, AKA dry socket and doesn't switch the main breaker off. They'll buy an generator, a tank of propane and buy a 240VAC cable.
A couple of years ago, 2 power company employees were electrocuted by back feeding.
When power was out from the snow/ice/freezing rain After power came back on, a couple of Georgia Power's employees came up in their UTV and said we could hear your generator. Not entirely so, as he was looking for the signed 3x3 green sticker meaning the county inspector signed off.
The generator kicks in very quickly when power goes out. It hesitates when power comes back on in case power goes back off again.
Here some times, power will surge on and off. The little white box under the panel on the right is a surge protector. They are inexpensive, easy to install and well worth it. Add it is a lot easier than climbing a step ladder to install the control unit inside the ceiling fans. Surges can and will fry any appliance with an LED display.
The panel on the right is where grid power comes in, in the middle is the transfer switch and on the left has two main breakers; one the original cabin and one for the addition.
During the snow outage, a lot of people's generator's did not start. The reason is they didn't exercise it. It needs to run about every couple of weeks to keep the battery charged.
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