Use onboard Onan to power house in emergency?
So I was thinking, hey, I got a fancy schmancy Onan, built right into the camper, so why would I need to buy some portable unit to run various things in the house during an emergency?! So I grab my...
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wow! 2 hrs and all these replies! you guys are the best!
I would love to buy a portable one, but its not in the budget right now.
I'm only planning on running a few things, and probably won't take the time to do a X-fer switch right now, but that is an idea for sure.
OK, so I was NOT planning on back feeding the panel in the house. If I did, is it as easy as that? - running a male/male plug into some outlet? (I could pull the meter, or turn the main breaker off then)? Obviously I wouldn't get 220 as mine only puts out 110. Oh, and its a 4kw unit, btw. If it IS this easy, then I would like to do it this way, that would utilize my 20A cord, but then I'm back to my orig question of wondering if the outlet on the side of my rig is wired with 14 ga or worse. So I'd still need to make a plug right off the genny somewhere.
thanks all!
I would love to buy a portable one, but its not in the budget right now.
I'm only planning on running a few things, and probably won't take the time to do a X-fer switch right now, but that is an idea for sure.
OK, so I was NOT planning on back feeding the panel in the house. If I did, is it as easy as that? - running a male/male plug into some outlet? (I could pull the meter, or turn the main breaker off then)? Obviously I wouldn't get 220 as mine only puts out 110. Oh, and its a 4kw unit, btw. If it IS this easy, then I would like to do it this way, that would utilize my 20A cord, but then I'm back to my orig question of wondering if the outlet on the side of my rig is wired with 14 ga or worse. So I'd still need to make a plug right off the genny somewhere.
thanks all!
