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MrMudstud
Oct 08, 2006Explorer
Bricot,
A good way is to go inside of your generator cabinet and open up the junction box where your generator wires go. Now one romex wire goes to one rear AC and the other goes to the front AC and the rest of the house.
How to find which one is what? Well, I am not an electrician, but one way is to take an extension and plug the open wires in the female plug of the extension cord. Plug it in a receptacle and see what AC is running. Mark it. Do the same on the other set of wires and see what it runs. Mark it. Now, you have two romex wires marked as what it runs.
Wire up that junction box back together with the set of wires that runs the house and front AC. Now you have the 2nd set of wires which is for the rear AC. Install another junction box in the generator cabinet and tie it to the 2nd AC wires with a male plug. To run it off the outside 15-20 amp pedestal, plug it into a extension cord.
Now you have two separate systems. If you want to make it so you can run both AC’s like you have now, install another receptacle off the original junction box. Now, you have a choice. Either plug the rear AC plug in the extension cord or plug it in the original junction box. You are good to go.
A good way is to go inside of your generator cabinet and open up the junction box where your generator wires go. Now one romex wire goes to one rear AC and the other goes to the front AC and the rest of the house.
How to find which one is what? Well, I am not an electrician, but one way is to take an extension and plug the open wires in the female plug of the extension cord. Plug it in a receptacle and see what AC is running. Mark it. Do the same on the other set of wires and see what it runs. Mark it. Now, you have two romex wires marked as what it runs.
Wire up that junction box back together with the set of wires that runs the house and front AC. Now you have the 2nd set of wires which is for the rear AC. Install another junction box in the generator cabinet and tie it to the 2nd AC wires with a male plug. To run it off the outside 15-20 amp pedestal, plug it into a extension cord.
Now you have two separate systems. If you want to make it so you can run both AC’s like you have now, install another receptacle off the original junction box. Now, you have a choice. Either plug the rear AC plug in the extension cord or plug it in the original junction box. You are good to go.
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