The best way to connect you portable generator to your home.

Connect a home portable generator to your home. DIY home emergency power with your gas generator or diesel generator.

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• portable home generator
• gas generator
• emergency home power
• DIY emergency backup power

[xanataph]

@0UT3RL1M1T5 It would have been two phases ov a three-phase system, so the phase angle is 120 degrees. That's why there's 400 volts between the phases and not 460v as one might assume.

[0UT3RL1M1T5]

@xanataph I didn't know electricity was supplied in multiple phases. Is two-phase like two sine waves but 180 degrees out of phase with one another, so that one would peak while the other is at it's lowest point (on an oscilloscope)? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of AC? I guess the more phases you have, the more continuous power is supplied.

[mccunecp]

now you have done it right there are people that are doing it all wrong for back up you need a seperat breaker box to supply the most needed outlets for frige frizer ac unite and or what you need to provide power to and also chose a generator for the circuits you are going to need great video.

[xanataph]

@0UT3RL1M1T5 But you guys have 220 volts available in your homes for high current appliances eh? And that comes from across two phases, yeah?

Our three phase is 400volts between the phases, so that's really lethal. Not something to muck around with. But it is usually only supplied this way to industrial sites, not normally supplied to the domestic premises. Here it's all 230v between phase and earth. They used to bring two phases into houses occasionally, but not any more.

[0UT3RL1M1T5]

@xanataph Both of them are dangerous enough lol. Apparently 120 VAC mostly hurts, and I know that 230 VAC can kill - I've heard stories, and I've heard it's harder to pull away from 230 volts. DC is just plain dangerous.

[xanataph]

@0UT3RL1M1T5 I guess no one really does it here much. 120 volts can give you a nasty fright, and in some situations be lethal, but with our voltage being 230 volts, electrocution is far more certain...! heh

[0UT3RL1M1T5]

@xanataph they are illegal here too lol.

[xanataph]

Wow...you Americans are pretty cavalier with your male-to-male extension cords for hookups like this. They are TOTALLY illegal in New Zealand...! heh

[AintBigAintClever]

One addition I'd make to this would be a non-maintained emergency light on the ceiling above the breaker panel. This will illuminate in the event of a power failure, running on its internal rechargeable battery, so you can see what you're doing without having to go and find the torch. Of course a torch would be handy for hooking up the generator, one can be kept by the breaker panel where you can now find it :)

[bubber25]

i bought a cheap 1200 watt gas generator and i want to take it apart. i want to try running the generator using a windmill or a bicycle pedal power. what are my chances at getting some wattage using this method and is it hard to take the generator off the motor?