On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 14:23:47 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/5/2018 1:47 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 5 Oct 2018 09:07:54 -0400, Keyser Söze wrote:

One of our neighbors about 10 years ago installed a big manual transfer
switch/breaker switch in his garage, next to the existing breaker boxes. He
has a 10kw genny on a cradle with wheels that he pushes out onto his
driveway and then plugs in to the transfer switch/breaker box. Easy-peasey.

That is about the way mine works. I have a panel interlock instead of
a transfer switch. The inlet for the generator is under a car port on
the far side of the garage, well away from the house along with the
propane gas hookup. It takes a couple of minutes to get it going. It
takes almost as long to swap the handle on the generator from the
storage position to the rolling position as it does to get it hooked
up. The only thing I turn off is the water heater in the panel, air
compressor and the HVAC at the thermostat. Turn on the propane, plug
in the generator and off you go.



Most boats equipped with gensets are set up that way. Two mains,
interlocked so only one can be on at a time. Both the Navigator
and the Egg Harbor were set up that way.

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Our Grand Banks is set up with a three position rotary selector
switch: 1) Shore Power; 2) Inverter; and 3) Generator. It's
impossible to select more than one source that way, and it's
impossible to back feed the inverter which would make it self
destruct. The boat was originally equipped with a two position rotary
but I changed it to three position when I installed the 3KW inverter.

https://www.amazon.com/Magnum-Energy-capability-Overcurrent-Overtemperature/dp/B00G6LROW4

Sourcing a triple pole, triple throw switch that would fit in the
available space and handle 100 amps was a bit of a challenge, and
installing it even more so amidst an already crowded panel. The
inverter has saved countless hours on the generator however, and is
totally silent.