Posted by Milan on July 10, 2014 at 10:58:53 from (173.31.220.124):
Have been reading all the posts about generators and have been awaiting one subject area that is of special interest to me.
As of yet, I have not seen it discussed, so here is my question.
I have a generator that is 120 only. I wanted to do whatever was necessary to connect it to my house wiring.
My original idea was since the central air was the only thing needing 240, that I could connect both phases together and feed the both of them with 120.
I was looking for someone to wire up the appropriate transfer switch and so on, but no electrician I spoke with would touch the idea.
They all said that transferring individual circuits to a 120 volt generator would be fine, but that it is/was not fine to attempt to feed the whole house or even one phase with a 120 volt generator.
They said that feeding either one phase or especially both phases would overload the neutral.
They talked about balanced loads and no load being the result on the neutral.
They all used a phrase I had not heard before in describing the kind of neutral I probably had, one where there are likely not individual neutrals run to every outlet in the house.
So basically, they all said that it is not ok to attempt to run the whole house or even one complete phase with a 120 volt generator.
I only have a 2800 watt portable, I would not think it would be likely to overload any neutral, but they told me it does not matter how large the generator is, even if it was only a 500 watt generator, they would not touch my idea.
But, they said that if I ran extension cords from the generator to the refrigerator, freezer, furnace and whatever else I wanted to run, would be perfectly fine.
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