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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Islander
You could test your Honda to see if it will do the job for just a few bucks. You just need a 220 plug that will plug into your generator a breaker in your elect panel and some wire to connect the two. Then just shut off the main breaker that comes in from the meter,start gen,then turn on breaker from gen. Turn on everything you will use when power is out and see how it works out. That way you will know for sure if it's big enough or not before you really need it(power outage)  |
This is actually how I use mine.You can't damage the generator,it will just stall when overloaded.However,I found out the hard way,make sure you take the load off the generator before starting/restarting by turning off the breaker you used to supply power to the panel.And definately turn off the main breaker or you will be trying to power everybody on the power grid.