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Personal Consumer Issues • Undersizing whole house generator?

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I'm thinking since 20kw generators are so ubiquitous and cheap now ($5k at Costco), maybe I could get 2-3 and wire up to different subpanel masters. Will have to see. Could be cheaper than one 60 kw ($25,000 for a Cummins).
Is that even allowable? I'm certainly no AC whiz, but since the generators' outputs are not synchronized, you could have many different electrical potentials in reference to ground at any given point in time, at various locations in the house. That just sounds really scary, to me anyway. Any electricians out there who can confirm or refute that this would be/not be ok?

Statistics: Posted by Teague — Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:03 pm — Replies 55 — Views 3292



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