Good day all!
Happy New Year!
Here I go again.
I do not have the cash to install a generator isolation device in my
home at the moment but as we go into winter I would like to have at
least the water pump and hot water furnace able to run off of my generator.
Knowing that the key thing is to protect workmen who are restoring the
mains, I propose the following.
Each of the pump and furnace have their own separate 110v/15 amp
circuits running from the breaker panel through a switch (fused in the
case of the furnace) to the device
As an interim measure, does the following make sense?
Each circuit looks like this
breaker - switch - pump or furnace
I propose cutting each circuit between the breaker and switch, and
installing a suitably rated three prong female plug on the breaker side
of the cut and a three prong male plug on the switch side of the cut.
This would give me the ability, during power outages, to kill the
breaker, unplug the device, and then plug it into a 12/3 extension cord
running from my generator
Does this approach make sense and is it legal? The ability to unplug
the device from the mains gives the necessary air gap between locally
generated power and the mains.
Should I cut the line between the switch and the device instead of
between the switch and the breaker?
Thanks for your input.
Preston
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