3000W Chinese Gensets Info.

I have been in the rural electrical business, old REA now RUS, for over 33 years and yes, a double throw switch will prevent a feedback situation, this will prevent problems to either yourself or the power company. Whatever you do make sure it conforms to the electrical code for your application and get it inspected. This isn't to make your life difficult but rather to prevent any problems in the future, such as an accident or law suite. Your insurance will run backwards away from any claim and the "survivors" family, assuming it isn't you or one of your family, will end up with everything you own. Don't laugh this is very important to/for you. Also I can't believe anyone in this industry would encourage a power cord with two male ends. This is a potential disaster waiting to happen. (I have an older trailer that still has the double male ends and it concerns me a great deal. I plan to update that in the near furure. Please discuss this with a responsible/qualified person so you fully understand all the possibilities of disaster.

I will not apologize for the length of this reply, only my spelling due to being done as quick as possible, this is more important than it seems to the unknowing.

roofgoat wrote:
Good Morning. I'm sure my question has been beaten to death but I want to make sure I do this correct and would like to know what you guys/gals would do if this was your house.

I have the Champion C46540 4000w/3500w generator. We lost power here in MO this May for 3 days. I used the generator to keep our deep freezer going (lots of good cow and pig in there).

Now I'd like to use the generator to power most things in the house one at a time as needed. Ex - run the fridge a little, turn off, run the water well, then later the freezer. Our local electric company will come out and install a switch so that when the electricity goes out, you can flip the switch and not worry about back feed issues to harm the workers. The tech said no problem, I just need to provide them a a cord with 2 male ends and a receptacle that matched the Generator's Receptacle I will be plugging into.

Which receptacle would be best, the RV one? And how do I get a cord with two male ends, do I get a cord with one male end and just add another plug to it?

Last, which cord/plug combo is the one I should get based on your knowledge.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.