On 11/29/2011 11:19 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
Plus, frankly, there's more than a little bit
of "lookit me" factor: during the recent outage, even though
I was making do with a tiny 2KW set, the XYL was more than
happy that /her/ lights were on when everyone else's
were out.

Back in Culver City living with a friend. We had a short power
outage at their place. Christmas eve.

I fired up the EX4500S generator with the transfer switch
and lit up all 750 watts of Christmas lights around the
house.

We were the ONLY Christmas lights you could see for a mile
in any direction.

Yes, that definitely won me some "Atta-boy" points.

Also, the costs of transfer switches being what they are, Bill
sent me a WONDERFUL link of an innovative kit for retro-fitting
your existing service panel.

I have to spread this one around.

http://www.interlockkit.com/intro2.htm

Also, check the links section for some very good information on
not killing yourself or your utility workers.

Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi

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