SoundGuy wrote:
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As for house back up, about the only thing I care about is being able to power the house furnace in the winter during a sustained power blackout so rather than interface to the house breaker box with a transfer switch I added a couple of standard 15 amp connectors to the 120 vac line feeding the furnace, which in turn allows me to disconnect from the house entirely and plug directly into the EU2000i parked in the backyard.
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I was going to go the route you did, but stumbled across this:
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Reliance-Controls-Furnace-Transfer-Switch-TF151/202216476Installed it at the furnace, and made for a nice clean install.