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Message: <blockquote data-quote="( deleted account )" data-source="post: 221665" data-attributes="member: 5993">We just wired two circuits from the main panel with a crossover switch so if the power went off it would run the circuit for the furnace so we could keep,warm plus one 15 amp circuit of your choice - the one powering the boob tube and computer and a few lights in our case.  Everything else we decided we  could live without even in the event of a prolonged power outage. My little Honda 2000E  did the job well for a week during,the ice storm a few years back. Basically sort of what you are proposing but done at the panel fairly easily, but still requiring one wire to the outside to plug in the generator. if you are rural and on a well that needs 240 volts, you’d need a bigger 240 V  generator.  Ranches are wired for BIG heavy generators, enough to power the whole place but that’s a different story.Pretty well anything you do you’ll  need a qualified electrician to do it safely unless you are pretty handy and know what you are doing and willing to skirt wiring laws.  Codes and legality are there for your own protection and broken can affect the future sale ability of your house. It’s highly illegal to plug your generator into for example a welder outlet and throw the master switch.  I know people do this but the power companies will string you up on a power pole if they catch you!  Dangerous for the poor lineman trying to fix things down the line! One caveat -  Be sure your generator has nice sine wave regulated voltage/current output or you might blow the electronics in your deep freeze, furnace, etc.  Everything is digital nowadays and cheap inexpensive generators are more meant to power lights, skill saws, construction sites and stuff like that.  Some might be OK, but you never know. Some everyday home electronics  are sensitive  to V fluctuations  and expensive to fix.</blockquote>

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