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re: Hooking Up Generator to House
Posted on 11/15/21 at 11:47 am to jp4lsu
Posted on 11/15/21 at 11:47 am to jp4lsu
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DMAN1968, I know that Westinghouse is plowing thru fuel for sure. I might need a LP conversion kit installed and use my house propane. Of course more cost for adding a stub out to my line going into the house, if it is big enough to support the needed flow.
Definitely a fuel hog. I'm estimating 30 gallons of gas a day based on my actual electric use. I've got 90 gallons of fuel containers should they be needed and could go borrow some gas from my brother's boat in a pinch.
Really though, my plan is to convert to tri-fuel and run on natural gas. I've emailed with US Carburetion, and they said they're working on a tri-fuel conversion for the Westinghouse 20KW.
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Posted on 11/15/21 at 12:08 pm to JustinTI
OK, awesome. Yeah I would make the conversion to LP if they come up with a conversion kit.
I have to get the generator first. That might be the hard part.
I have to get the generator first. That might be the hard part.
Posted on 11/16/21 at 9:29 am to LSUtigerME
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If your panels stay live independent of each other, you must have a two feeds coming off your meter. I’d expect you to have a single service disconnect though since it would be unusual to have two separate main breakers. Could be a dangerous situation.
I'm thinking the same thing.
What electrician would do this? I've never heard of such and seems very misleading and could be deadly.
Posted on 11/16/21 at 3:16 pm to shawnlsu
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I'm thinking the same thing.
What electrician would do this? I've never heard of such and seems very misleading and could be deadly.
It’s fairly common. The meter probably came from the factory with double lugs on the load side. Assuming his panels are on the other side of the brick wall as the meter he is still totally legal and the fire department would just pull the meter in the event of an emergency. There really isn’t anything dangerous about it
ETA: now if his panels aren’t directly behind the meters he would be in violation of current code and should provide a means of disconnect for each panel outside
This post was edited on 11/16/21 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 11/16/21 at 6:07 pm to bee Rye
Yep panels are on the other side of the meter.
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