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It has taken 2 days but I managed to get it finished . Through wall exhaust Heat sleeve and muffler stub adapter . Our generator and hook up is in our garage . So when we run it we have to have a fan blowing out in the window and the garage door open because of the exhaust . Having it in there means it is out of the weather ect. but the exhaust is an issue . Once installed the new flexible stainless steel exhaust hose will clamp on to the adapter at the muffler and then snake its way up and out through heat sleeve to outside reducing noise and eliminating fumes in the garage . I have already converted it to 12v electric start form left over riding mower parts making it easier to start . So now we will be able to start up and switch over the manual disconnects for all the essentials this fall and winter , which I feel are going to messy and many power outages this year.
Our system is very simple form of manual disconnect . For every important appliance (2 fridges ,2 freezers, gas furnace , well pump, hall light smoke / co detectors ) there is 2 receptacles , 1 house circuit and 1 generator circuit and all have cords even the furnace and the well pump have machinery 12 gauge flex cable with 15 amp cord ends . When the power goes out we just fire up the portable 5500 watt genny and then go about switching the plugs from house to genny circuit. It is a little more work but is completely legal and at a fraction of the cost .
Hope this helps others looking for a cost effective way to provide emergency power to your house .

Dave

Thanks Dave, it's something we need and I should implement at some point.

Next time you are over I will show you how I did it . Once you see it it will be a piece of cake for you . I would up load pics but my phone has lost the password and I can't remember what it is . The lap top know what it is but won't let me see it . Some how I need to get all my pass words into a book so I can forget where that is . FACE PALM.

Dave

So the manual disconnect is as simple as this at each appliance . The first pic is the second fridge hook up and next is the furnace . All the others are the same . Although it takes a few minutes with a flash light it saved me thousands of dollars and alows the genny to take on one load at a time instead of a big spike . I hope to be putting in the exhaust pass through sleeve today if my bud has time to help with the hole and will take pictures . Feeling better but still limited on what i am aloud to do physically .

Dave

Nice, simple, cost effective set up Dave. When you loose power often and for long periods you have to do something.
It doesn't happen often for me, but I have a setup to run off of generator.
Glad to hear your doing better, sitting around is not easy when you're use to being active.

Great simple solution, I like it! I might have a problem setting something like this up at our place, we have baseboard heaters at 3000 watts a piece and no generator yet but considering getting the 9000W champion generator from Costco. Not sure yet how I'd hook up the heating.

Eugen wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 9:41 am Great simple solution, I like it! I might have a problem setting something like this up at our place, we have baseboard heaters at 3000 watts a piece and no generator yet but considering getting the 9000W champion generator from Costco. Not sure yet how I'd hook up the heating.

A generator large enough to run elect heat is not cost effective . Your best bet is to put in a back up propane heater and have fridge , freezer, well pump ect. . Wood stove work but are hard to insure and need babysitting .

Dave

Indeed, one of those many things that need to be redone here. We've been slowly improving the house, but still a lot to do yet.

I'm with Dave, running electric heat would be costly.
I'm from the"BE PREPARED" camp. Not a boy scout, not a way out there "prepper", but a how am I going to take care of my family when something happens kinda guy. 14 years as Fire Chief kinda reinforced that thinking.

We don't have outages often, but we've done a couple of multiple days in recent years after wind storms and a tornado. Went 7days in 2001.

They are nice, but I can't justify needing or the cost of a standby generator.

Summer time keeping the fridge and freezer going is the main concern. During winter heat is the concern, keeping you and your home from freezing gets important.

We have wood as our secondary heat after natural gas. It would be enough to stay comfortable for an extended outage if we closed off some of the house.

I am fortunate to have 8000, 10000, 11000 watt for my business that I can grab when needed. The down side to these is they can go through some serious gas. We picked up a smaller 6000 watt new in the box, cheap at an estate sale a couple of years ago, haven't needed it to see how it works, but should use less gas.

Some random thoughts,
*How often do you loose power
How long is it normally off for
*Calculate how many watts you actually need
Tell the kids they don't need everything on
*Don't buy way bigger than you need
*How much gas are you going to keep around
*Now you have another engine to maintain
Will it start when you need it to
*Be safe about it, CO cautions, grounding,
transfer switch/separate circuits

Timj wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 4:04 pm I'm with Dave, running electric heat would be costly.
I'm from the"BE PREPARED" camp. Not a boy scout, not a way out there "prepper", but a how am I going to take care of my family when something happens kinda guy. 14 years as Fire Chief kinda reinforced that thinking.

We don't have outages often, but we've done a couple of multiple days in recent years after wind storms and a tornado. Went 7days in 2001.

They are nice, but I can't justify needing or the cost of a standby generator.

Summer time keeping the fridge and freezer going is the main concern. During winter heat is the concern, keeping you and your home from freezing gets important.

We have wood as our secondary heat after natural gas. It would be enough to stay comfortable for an extended outage if we closed off some of the house.

I am fortunate to have 8000, 10000, 11000 watt for my business that I can grab when needed. The down side to these is they can go through some serious gas. We picked up a smaller 6000 watt new in the box, cheap at an estate sale a couple of years ago, haven't needed it to see how it works, but should use less gas.

Some random thoughts,
*How often do you loose power
How long is it normally off for
*Calculate how many watts you actually need
Tell the kids they don't need everything on
*Don't buy way bigger than you need
*How much gas are you going to keep around
*Now you have another engine to maintain
Will it start when you need it to
*Be safe about it, CO cautions, grounding,
transfer switch/separate circuits

Around here it comes in waves then long periods with no outages . Just never know . I consider myself p repairer not a prepper as well . w are on natural gas as well , Everything is on gas so things like the furnace just need 110 v with a max amps of 8 on start up to heat the house . 2 freezers and 1 fridge are in the unfinished basement where it is generally cooler to start. When the power goes out electronics go away and candles and board games come out . our grandson Jacob actually gets a kick out of it and has turn the lights back off when the power comes back on if the game is not done .

Dave