generator cords
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Topic: generator cords
Posted By: hogone
Subject: generator cords
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 7:42am
im going to hook up my generator(8-10000 watts-generac) today just for grins!! I bought it 3 years ago and have never needed it for emergency backup. i do start it 3 or so times a year; put a light load on it and run for about an hour. i had it out and ready to go this weekend as we were expecting a pretty good ice storm which never materialized as expected. i want to run the cords in the house and hook various things up and put a full load on it for a practice run. does anyone have any other suggestions other than running cords thru an entrance door(my wife said i couldn't put the genset in the middle of the living room ). GO PACK ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
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Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 8:48am
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Of course the ideal way would be to have a transfer switch wired in and a receptacle outside. That would cost more than your generator, so a lot of people don't do that. Otherwise though, you're right, you have to run the cords in somehow. A hole the wall, nicely finished, that you could stuff with insulation even when in use, and cover up neatly when not in use would be nice. After that, I guess there's not much choice but a door or window -- which have obvious problems during ice storm weather. The nice thing about a transfer switch is that you can hard-wire circuits for things that don't have plugs, like a 220v water heater or water pump, etc. And of course it's a lot less hassle when the power goes off and comes back on. TT ------------- 2010 176 FJ Cruiser |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 8:57am
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ya, im not gonna hook up direct to the box quite yet. i have thought about a hole in a wall, actually in a cabinet which abuts to the garage wall!!for today i will just run in door, but i think a hole is forth coming. hogone ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: mjlrpod
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 9:20am
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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. ------------- 2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
Posted By: Craneman
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 9:34am
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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 ------------- Jo and Gary, 2010-174,2011 F150 
Jo and Gary 2010 174 2011 Ford 150 |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 15 Jan 2017 at 9:42am
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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 ------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date 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 ------------- 2010 176 FJ Cruiser |
Posted By: mjlrpod
Date 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. ------------- 2017.5 Rp-172 2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2017 at 5:36am
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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
------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2017 at 5:36am
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correction; right side plugins!! hogone
------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |
Posted By: Pod People
Date Posted: 23 Jan 2017 at 8:12am
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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 ------------- Vann & Laura 2015 RPod 179 https://postimg.cc/0zwKrfB9"> 
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Posted By: techntrek
Date Posted: 01 Feb 2017 at 8:52pm
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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. ------------- Doug ~ '10 171 (2009-2015) ~ 2008 Salem ~ http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=1723 - Pod instruction manual 
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Posted By: hogone
Date Posted: 02 Feb 2017 at 5:19am
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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
------------- Jon & Pam 2013 RP177 2010 F150 2017 HD Streetglide 2009 HD Lowrider CHEESEHEAD |