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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1042 |
Topic: generator cords Posted: 02 Feb 2017 at 5:19am |
fixed; stupid me, it was the plug to the back of the breaker/plug box. unplugged and plugged back in and walla. running good. hogone
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Jon & Pam
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techntrek
Admin Group - pHp Joined: 29 Jul 2009 Location: MD Online Status: Offline Posts: 9059 |
Posted: 01 Feb 2017 at 8:52pm |
Dead outlet - I would open it up and see if the wire is loose on the outlet, also test the output of the breaker, it may in fact be bad.
500 gallons of propane - other than the cost that has many advantages.
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Pod People
Senior Member Joined: 22 Sep 2011 Location: Chapel Hill,NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 1067 |
Posted: 23 Jan 2017 at 8:12am |
We live in a rural area of NC that frequently has ice storms. Between ice storms and the occasional hurricane, we have been without power for as long as 10 days. We use a propane powered Honda 5000 watt generator. I had a separate sub panel installed with a transfer switch. The sub panel has the breakers for the well pump, the freezer and refrigerator circuit, the blower on our woodstove and propane heat , several light circuits and several receptacles. The sub panel has a cord installed that will attach to the generator-it looks very similar to the RPod power cord. When we need the generator, we simply plug it to the sub panel, flip the transfer switch and start the generator. We have a 500 gallon propane tank, so the generator fuel will last a while. We don’t run it continuously, but for 30 minutes every couple of hours as necessary. We have a propane kitchen stove and propane heat system, so we can make it quite a few days without electricity. If the power outage lasts too long, I think we would move into the pod!! Vann |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1042 |
Posted: 23 Jan 2017 at 5:36am |
correction; right side plugins!! hogone
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Jon & Pam
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1042 |
Posted: 23 Jan 2017 at 5:36am |
my neighbor gave me another genset, wheelhouse 5500. runs excellent except the left side plugs ins arent producing juice. its not the breaker. ant easy troubleshooting fixes? hogone
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Jon & Pam
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mjlrpod
Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 11:41am |
Well, i ran power upstairs too. I had no ready made hole up there. I ran the cord to the window, and using the same idea, i stuffed the crack of the window with towels or insulation so the cold couldnt get thru the open bottom section of window. My window was on the second floor. I will do the same thing again if an emergency comes up. I hear they make some type of adapter that goes on your electric meter. I guess you plug your generator right into the adapter and it powers the house. Thats what i heard, no idea of anything else.
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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1446 |
Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 11:24am |
Yeah, people do that, but that is not the way to go! Even if you're careful enough there are other electrical issues that are over my head, but one mistake can lead to dead linemen. A transfer switch is the first choice, but then going with cords from the generator directly to the appliances is next. TT |
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hogone
Senior Member Joined: 09 Apr 2013 Location: St. Louis Online Status: Offline Posts: 1042 |
Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 9:42am |
unfortunately my dryer is downstairs, i would want to power the upstairs which would mean alot of cords; excellent thought though. time to punch a hole in the wall. GO PACK. hogone
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Jon & Pam
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Craneman
Senior Member Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Tokeland,wa Online Status: Offline Posts: 387 |
Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 9:34am |
You might want to rethink just running a cord in the house, I jerry rigged our house for year as our power goes out often. During a power outage years ago someone ran a line to a outlet and forgot to flip the main to off,which from what I heard resulted in a near miss for the power co workers. I went to home depo and for about $400 I installed a transfer switch. We can run everything in the house. Good luck
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mjlrpod
Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1214 |
Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 9:20am |
ok, heres how i did it before when we had an ice storm and we needed to use a generator for 5 days. I ran the power cords thru my dryer vent exhaust vent, into the house, then ran cords to each place i needed power. It worked out great. I stuffed a couple small hand towels around the powercord to block the cold air from coming in thru the opening since the cord wouldnt allow the cover to fully close. Its cheaper than some other options.
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