Recent content by getpecked

will do.

I'm not a big fan of a truck driving across my lawn either, but a large tank off the back of my house may not work for me either...plus I think it has to be 10' away after a certain size and that definitely won't work at my house. There is nothing the truck would damage in my back yard except...

I may have to check an electrical supply store, I looked at homedepot.com and it is not offered in my area online or in store

Good point CNGsaves...I updated my profile info. Also...I mentioned I want to locate the generator and the propane tank in the same area, both in the back yard. My only concern with that is the tank being so far from my driveway for filling purposes. Yes I am using an automatic transfer switch...

found a pretty good calculator and it shows...120v single phase at 150ft, plugged in 75amps=#1copper

I've been following a couple other gen install threads here and picking up some useful info that can be applied to the installation of my 20kw Kohler propane fed w/ service entrance rated transfer switch. I thought I had the location picked out for the Generator, but as of this morning I am...

Great, thank you. Instead of hijacking this post, I will start a new thread. Thanks, Ed.

yeah you're right...damnit. lol. I just went and flipped the breaker on and off for my outside GFIs and they did not trip.

so they don't trip if you kill power to them? For some reason i was thinking they do

so you have no way of feeding the outlets without involving the switch? If that's the case I don't think you can use GFIs because every time you flip the switch and kill the power the GFI will trip.

Re: Any reason for 10/2 over 14/2? you can use 14ga with a 15amp beaker, but you must use 12ga with a 20amp

Do you know what size the wire is from the panel to the generator? Looks to be about as far as my run will be.