generator advice

8gv · 03-10-2025, 08:25 AM

Do you have a generator sub panel?

In that case the circuits that were chosen to be powered by it may not be to your liking.

OR...

Do you have the alternative set up which includes a movable lock out plate that, when positioned for generator use, locks out the main breaker and allows the generator breaker to be turned on?

In this case I suggest that you start with all of the breakers turned off and try each circuit individually while keeping all the others off.

This should tell you if it is a generator capcity issue of something else.

03-10-2025, 08:25 AM	#13
8gv Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2,110 Thanks: 64 Thanked 748 Times in 482 Posts	Do you have a generator sub panel? In that case the circuits that were chosen to be powered by it may not be to your liking. OR... Do you have the alternative set up which includes a movable lock out plate that, when positioned for generator use, locks out the main breaker and allows the generator breaker to be turned on? In this case I suggest that you start with all of the breakers turned off and try each circuit individually while keeping all the others off. This should tell you if it is a generator capcity issue of something else.