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Originally Posted by SIKSUKR
I'm not a licensed electrician and have used mine in many power outages at my own house and others in need. It's not dedicated and is portable for exactly that reason. Very simple to wire it to a double pole breaker in your panel and leave it in the off position. Simply start your generator, turn off your main breaker, and then switch on the breaker to your generator. I have a 5000 that will run everything in my house except big items like the stove and oven. I always have my fridge, water pump, furnace, tv's, lights and even outside lights in use to show the neighbors I'm comfy! To see if your power has been restored, simply shut off the breaker to the gen and turn on the main.
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Forget to throw the main breaker and you can backfeed through the power companies lines and KILL the poor lineman who's trying to get your power back on.
A transfer switch is not that expensive and if you know how to backfeed thru a double pole breaker, you can hookup a transfer switch.
I suggest you give this some serious thought.