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 01-16-2005, 20:38 Post: 104349
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As a eletrical contractor I Have to say Never back feed a house, it can kill. The transformer out on the street works both ways if it reduces the voltage for your house it can increase the voltage from you generator. Now there are a lot of good tranfer switches out there for all sizes of generators. they will disconnect the two hot leads for the circuits you want on the generator. I have never seen a disconect that also disconnects the neutral or ground wires. Here is agood link for small generator transfers.






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 01-25-2005, 20:37 Post: 104923
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denwood , I do believe electrical codes are stricter in Canada. As far as balancing the loads on a generator, most electricians use a clamp -on amp meter and try to figure out what each load is drawing.






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 01-26-2005, 12:25 Post: 104967
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If you are talking about the ge transfer swithch i think you are it will only let you get power from one soures at a time. it would be machanicaly imposiple to apply power from two dirrerent sources. As far as disconnecting the neutral the reason why you don't see neutral disconnects here in the US is because it isnt cost effective to have them on the shelves if they are not needed. If Canada requieres it then the supply house will carry them.






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After twenty years i have found no proplems with any of the UL approved devices for tranfering power. Now power does return on the neutral but it returns to the source. Also the neutral does not go thruogh the transformer and if you look each house and transformer and most power poles have a grounding wire , which are attached to ground rods or metal pipes going into the earth. if needed i could get into thearoy but we dont have enuogh time for that.My thought is if you hier a good electrician if it is wrong its his fault, also here in NH the power companys will only let you install certain transfer switches






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