Hi,
at the moment I feed my home with a transfer switch that takes 220V from my generator and connects to both phases. Works great.
I'm thinking of switching to an inverter generator but the price is giving me pause. Perhaps I should get 1 full sized or 2 smaller Lifan generators like the 5600iER. These only have 110V output.
Naturally I won't run dual phase equipment like the oven, AC and dryer. In that case can I connect the hot side of the large generator to both phases in my transfer switch? What if I have two smaller generators, can I connect the neutral and ground together and one hot to each phase? Lifan sells generators that can 'sync' to each other if that makes a difference. What I like about having 2 smaller generators is that there's no worry about load balancing. Also I want to have a backup anyway so with two smaller ones I'll have that. Of course it's double the maintenance.
Anyway, just wondering if it'll work electrically.
Meanwhile we're still without power in CT. They make the power system here out of twine I think.
Thanks,
Sander
at the moment I feed my home with a transfer switch that takes 220V from my generator and connects to both phases. Works great.
I'm thinking of switching to an inverter generator but the price is giving me pause. Perhaps I should get 1 full sized or 2 smaller Lifan generators like the 5600iER. These only have 110V output.
Naturally I won't run dual phase equipment like the oven, AC and dryer. In that case can I connect the hot side of the large generator to both phases in my transfer switch? What if I have two smaller generators, can I connect the neutral and ground together and one hot to each phase? Lifan sells generators that can 'sync' to each other if that makes a difference. What I like about having 2 smaller generators is that there's no worry about load balancing. Also I want to have a backup anyway so with two smaller ones I'll have that. Of course it's double the maintenance.
Anyway, just wondering if it'll work electrically.
Meanwhile we're still without power in CT. They make the power system here out of twine I think.
Thanks,
Sander