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BarabooBob
Dec 16, 2018Explorer III
Please don't go cheap and jerry rig a hookup. Lives can be lost by backfeeding the power into the power grid.
I was using an extension cord to run my refrigerator, freezers, and furnace from my generator. The furnace was converted to be plugged into an outlet instead of being hard wired. I had someone tell me that it was a mistake to do this, but, how many times have you seen a plug jump out of a wall outlet.
I will soon be getting a transfer switch installed to do make running much of the house from my generator.
I was using an extension cord to run my refrigerator, freezers, and furnace from my generator. The furnace was converted to be plugged into an outlet instead of being hard wired. I had someone tell me that it was a mistake to do this, but, how many times have you seen a plug jump out of a wall outlet.
I will soon be getting a transfer switch installed to do make running much of the house from my generator.
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