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Originally Posted by Belmont Resident
If you have the panel powered without a transfer switch you could put power outside of your house and electrocute someone working on the lines.
A transfer switch is required and works two ways. One to limit power to those items that can be supplied safely and two as an automatic shutoff switch. It prevents back feeding the power outside of your house.
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I'm quite aware of the whys and hows of a transfer switch. I have exactly what Belkin refers to. I can't energize my panel from the generator without turning off my main. My post was to point out that for my requirements there really is not a need to power only some circuits but to power the whole panel. I've been doing this for 15 years.