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">http:// ok. next dumb question. this is inside the welder plug i'm about to remove. when i go across the red and black wires, i get 243v. across either of those wires, and the white(neutral i think) wire, i get 120v, and across either of the red or black wires and the bare(ground?) wire i get 120v. if i go across the white and bare wires, i get nothing. now.....in the receptacle box, it tells which terminals to connect the wires to.......but do i connect the bare wire to the grounded green wire inside the box?

i'm probably being stupid here.....but how do i install an interlock switch? the garage is fed from the main box in the basement. it is live 24/7. the garage has its own box, which is fed from the house. it also is live 24/7. however, it does not contain the mains from the street. the power flows from the street(pole) to my main box in the basement, then through a dedicated 220 line out to the garage. the generator will be run in the garage(properly exhausted of course). the generator will be plugged into the receptacle in the garage, which will power the panel in the garage, then feed the house(once the house is cut off from the grid). if my understanding of these interlock switches is correct, i would need to install it on the main box in my basement, so that when i want to power up by the generator, it will cut off the mains from the street. but that isn't possible since the garage always has power, and i am looking to feed power through already existing lines.

lol

how'd it taste?

well here's the deal on someone else possibly turning on the mains with the gen running. half the year i live alone. half the year mom stays here with me. even when she IS here with me, she is not capable of getting to the circuit panel in the basement, nor is she capable of getting in the garage(she parks her car in the driveway)....so it is only myself that can do this. the other thing......when the power comes back on with the mains off, it doesn't get into the house? to meed the gen power?

ok....dumb question. why a transfer switch between the power inlet receptacle, and the circuit panel? i mean essentially, as long as i turn off the mains before powering up, why can't this receptacle just go directly to the circuit panel? for clarification, my garage is seperate from my house. it is fed from the house circuit panel. it has its own panel out there. what i was looking to do, was install the receptacle, wired directly to the garages panel. then in the event i need the gen., go into the basement of the house, kill the mains, go out into the garage, and fire up the gen., thus powering the house from the garage. am i missing something here? am i over-simplifying it?

now though, i bought a gen cord, and the receptacle box that someone linked above. was gonna remove my welding plug, and mount the receptacle there. the welding plug has red to the left terminal, black to the right terminal, white to the center terminal, and a bare wire to one of the mounting screws........

thanks man. think mine's bonded then. it doesn't say anything anywhere on the generator....but a green/yellow wire from the gen to the frame, labeled seems to be a give away.....

can someone please explain the difference between floating and bonded neutral? and how to tell which is which? i can't find the manual for my generator. it's a husky from home depot that i bought about 5 or 6 years ago......5500watt. thanks guys//////

yea kinda a "now" thing. i normally just toss a couple extension cords in through a window. was gonna make a cord, and backfeed the house from the garage(after turning off the mains of course) through my old arc welder outlet. but reading how easy it seems to be to just do it right.........maybe if we really get hit, i'll just toss cords again, and setup properly for next time......

so these items you guys are linking....they have em at home depot?

led can does and eventually will burn out.

back when i built it, i was letting my paranoia get me. the only way in, is to open that 17 foot wide door. that would kinda get anyones attention.

you think you're joking. my mother does this. she's got an entire years worth of friggin toilet paper and paper towels at my house. when she leaves in jan., i won't hafta buy none of that shit till she comes back.

funny thing.......if you don't drive in such a way to get stopped, you have nothing to worry about. keep your vehicle maintained, your license reg and insurance current, don't drive like a jackass, and you'll never need to worry.

guess i gotta go rig the emergency entrance to my garage again.....i only have the one electric door........

easiest way to avoid this is to not get pulled over. don't drive like a jackass, maintain your vehicle properly, and you should never seen those reds/blues behind ya. unless you forget to renew your drivers license, drive past a maple shade cop with an alpr on his vehicle that is. even then, just be polite, and you shouldn't have any problems......

as much as i want to proudly display those stickers on my truck.........i refused to put anything on my truck, other than the American flag.

did that post get edited? somewhere i saw something saying 98 cents.........ah well....if i effed up, then i apologize guys!

and when he's governor, it will go through.

98 cents sounds a bit high doesn't it?

shit...sorry bout caps locks

THEY GIVE YA THE OPTION TO BUY IT AND USE IT ONLY AS AN ALARM? NO MONITORING?

if the nra would back them on this endeavor.......it'd probably guarantee a win for us. but....then they'd lose some of their moneystream, as they wouldn't have anything to panic us about. i als wonder if having a list of signatures of people that want this shit changed would help....'cause there's a bunch of people putting a bunch of effort into getting a bunch of signatures.

any news sir?