is this generator hookup ok?
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is this generator hookup ok?
Can i install 2 15a standard outlets inside house connected to a 4 prong 30a inlet outside? The two outlets would share a neutral... so 3 wires in box , making two circuits off the generator 4 prong connection.
By doing this I would not have to run an xtension cord thru window. None of this would be connected to my panel or backfedding my system... instead i will be labelling the two outlets denoting that they are from a self derived power source?
By doing this I would not have to run an xtension cord thru window. None of this would be connected to my panel or backfedding my system... instead i will be labelling the two outlets denoting that they are from a self derived power source?
#2
You cannot feed 15 amp receptacles from a 30 amp circuit. You would need to add 20 amp maximum overcurrent protection.
#5
Or use the 120 volt receptacles on the generator. Run two in
dependent ouside extension cords to two 120 volt inlets on the out side wall of the house respectively to two duplex receptacles inside respectively.
dependent ouside extension cords to two 120 volt inlets on the out side wall of the house respectively to two duplex receptacles inside respectively.
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If it has a 20 amp breaker you are OK.
No they are not all like that.
What is the make/model of you generator?
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You are not under code OK unless you install a 20 amp inlet. Someone could bring in a larger generator with a 30 amp output and plug it in.
No they are not all like that.
What is the make/model of you generator?
EDIT
You are not under code OK unless you install a 20 amp inlet. Someone could bring in a larger generator with a 30 amp output and plug it in.
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put in the 20A inlet; on the flex cord, one end is your 30A male, the other 20A female. I could find nothing in Article 445 on genset to have anything relevant to this case.
#9
You should not create, possess, or use an extension cord or adapter with a (male) plug of greater amperage than the (female) receptacle without a box (portable subpanel or reasonable facsimile thereof) built in with proper overcurrent protection for the receptacle..
This creates the same problem referred to in reply #2.
This creates the same problem referred to in reply #2.