7 Backup Generator Mistakes. (Have You Made One?)
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 13. 06. 2024
- In this video I'll go over 7 Deadly Mistakes made when running portable generators and of course how to avoid them. Stay Safe.
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What gage wire you need for a 220 generator extension cord
@@iancameron198 It depends on the amperage not the voltage. The most common size of portable generator connection is 30A which would require 10 gauge wire. Some people may have a larger generator with a 50A feed which would require 8 gauge or possibly 6 gauge depending on the wire insulation.
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Agree!
I added color dots to my interlocked panel so people know which breakers to use while on gen power. Red dot breakers stay off for being higher than the generator capacity to run. Yellow dots are 2 pole breakers than can be turned on but only 1 at a time like the water heater or kitchen stove. Green dots are all the single pole breakers needed during an outage. I made a step by step video too. Makes it easy for my family to understand when I'm not home to switch everything over.
Good plan my friend.
Great video! One extra thing we do: During a multiple day outage, we shut down the generator when we go to sleep. The fridge does not get opened, and we have flashlights if we need to get up before dawn for any reason. Saves fuel, and I feel better not leaving generator running unattended.
Great tip! I do the same thing.
I shut mine off at night, IF, itâs not freezing out (New Hampshire winter outages are a thing) and I donât need my furnace running. Otherwise it runs throughout the night which keeps me on edge a bit so I donât tend to sleep as well.
I just found this channel, and I am very happy that I did. Clear instruction on electric matters is not easy to find. Thank you!
Awesome, thank you! I have some interesting videos coming up. I hope you like them.
Great video John - glad you covered the "refueling" issue as well, since I'm sure many people hate to disrupt the generator power in the middle of using it, but definitely a hazard if you don't. I'd also add that it is wise to write down the step-by-step procedures in a clear fashion and post by the panel - not only for yourself (could be years in between uses, or at least months) - but also for other maybe less-technical members of the family if you are not around to perform the switchover!
Thank you and Great Point. Even with my decades of experience I still have a procedure at the panel. I have actually written them for friends and family as well. Thanks so much for you comment.
I also suggest using a (D)battery fuel transfer stick pump to avoid spills (we have all fought those fill spouts) . Places like Harbor Freight have them for under $15
your procedure is good, however whenever shutting down the generator, I prefer to turn off the load and let the generator run a few minutes longer to cool down before turning it off. I do this when running under high load conditions.
As learned in the Navy long, ALWAYS rig power from load to source. I follow this simple procedure with everything 50 years later.
Ahh a Navy man.. Thanks for your service. đșđž
Whenever I need to run a portable generator, I'll take a box fan, plug it into the generator and set it right near the generator blowing fresh air directly on the engine. It really helps to dissipate the heat and it should prolong the life of the engine. And of course like you said, this would not be done in the rain.
Another great video, John! You are doing us Maine electricians very proud with your consistently excellent content.
I appreciate that my friend. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
Great tips! I especially like that you focused on back feeding outlets & killer cords. I'm a power lineman & we find most generators are hooked up correctly. However a few have been improperly hooked up. When we enter a neighborhood during a power outage we always check our equipment with our test equipment anyway. Once we found a back feeding generator feeding a neighborhood & the wires on the ground were energized to 13,000 volts. People were walking amongst the wires & had no idea they were "HOT".
I have a portable generator. I have the best of the best. Honda EU 7000is. I had a fabricator build a stainless steel enclosure Hiltied to a concrete poured in place pad with a ground rod. The enclosure is vented on two sides with a hinged lid. I had an electrician wire mine up with an interlock, hard wired remote start & trickle charger.
I'm often at work already so I made it simple for my wife to start it when I'm not home. That way she can feel safe at home. Safety is paramount in my house.
I have a 6 gallon auxiliary fuel tank that I can hook up for extended run times. I add my fuel to the auxiliary when the generator is running. The genny has fuel injection so there is nothing to prime. I get 42 hours of run time before I need to totally refuel.
All together I'm in at $14,000. You can't put a price on safety. The money spent is like having an insurance policy you hope you never need it? But if I do? It's always ready.
I look forward to your other videos! Great content!
Wow. Sounds like a great setup. I need to do something like that to make things easier. Safety is number one for sure. My father and brother in-law both worked for the power company as lineman. Im retired now but I worked as an electrician and then an electrical engineer my whole career.
@@BackyardMaine Thatâs awesome that your family is involved in the power industry! I applaud you & your family for the dedication & strong work ethic to succeed. Iâm sure you have heard it many times before. Not many people can do our jobs. The long hours of commitment & the family that backs us up.
I had help from the substation electricians at work. I was getting ready to pull the trigger on a more comprehensive set up & they stopped me. I purposely bought our home on a backbone. So we hardly ever lose power. We are on a loop scheme so in the event we lose the feed from one substation. Power can be restored quickly through reclosures in a manner of minutes. No lineman or electricians are involved. Unless the wire burns down in front of my house? We almost always stay on. In the unlikely event we lose both feeds do we lose power all together. Thatâs where the back up power comes into play at our house. As you know the last persons you want to be calling you at work is your family. I made my set up âlineman proofâ. My wife can flip a few switches & push one button & power is restored quickly at our house. The only time I get a call is to check on how Iâm doing after being at work for more than 24 hours. Itâs peace of mind for me. You canât put a price on that?
Again thanks for the great tutorial & thank your father & brother in-law for being lineman .
My system is 18 years old. Honda 4500, I think I have that suicide setup!
Male into the generator, and male into a box on the wall.
It was installed in 2005. I have used it many times with storms in Florida.
I bet it's not code anymore!
Might be time to have an electrician take a look.
Just came across you channel, love it!
Thanks, Rick.
Great video, John! Clear and on-the-point(s).
I hope you'll make a similar video that addresses those (the majority, I think) who don't connect their gens to breaker panels, but simply use extension cords to power individual appliances during outages.
-- Old Matt
Thanks you Matt and Great suggestion! I'll add that to my content list.
@@BackyardMaine If you are interested on the thoughts I have come up with on this matter:
1. Focus on small 120V inverter based propane generators - Propane lasts forever, so no worries about it going bad. Burns cleaner, so less crudding up of your generator. Something like a TT-30 or NEMA L5-30 extension cord can usually power the basics and even a 120V window or portable air conditioner. (Having a cool room to go to in a summer time power outage is a lot better than it is just sizzling anywhere you go inside. Even on normal days, it can save a lot of power to have the room you spend the most time in cooler than the other rooms that you then let float a little high so that say you whole home HVAC is not cranking away so hard at running up your power bill.)
2. For the kitchen in particular, have some sort of battery - inverter setup that can be charged off of the generator. The problem I have hit with my small generator testing is most everything in the kitchen, at least my kitchen, hard starts / suddenly draws a big load. This doesn't work out too well with small generators that have a relatively low amount of spinning mass to absorb those hits until the engine can ramp up. Also for piece of mind, it is much nicer to have the fridge powered all the time while it is a big gas guzzler to run the generator all the time. Granted most fridges should be able to make it up to 10 hours before things thaw out and start expiring, I think most would be more comfortable with a constant or near constant supply and especially not have to micromanage power to their fridge and hope they don't screw up and then have to dump a bunch of food into the trash. If the generator is hooked up to automatically charge the battery when it is running, maybe you just run the generator a handful of hours throughout the day on ECO mode (as the charger will more or less draw constant power) or at least shut it off overnight to save fuel and make less noise. Plus if it is still super stormy outside as you mention weather in this video, you may only be able to use the battery - inverter setup at first until the storm passes. (Maybe if it is not too bad out, you put a table over the inverter-generator as these fully enclosed units just suck in air in the front and spit out exhaust and hot cooling air out the back.) Then you may have a long power outage time as cleanup happens after the storm that you run the generator in and charge this back up. Personally, I am a bit of a fan of having separate components for inverter, battery, and charger so you can customize each component to your needs on the cheap, but all in one boxes are also common these days as you briefly mention in this video.
3. There are some ways to do extension cords right and ways to make for a dangerous setup. For one, most of these small inverter generators are floating neutral. It is important to setup a ground-neutral bond. I did the "easy button" of building a TT-30 adapter cable only for use with the generator that has this ground-neutral bond. Then I have a separate long TT-30 extension cord to pull into the house so the generator can be setup out in the open. In case I want to use this long extension cord for something besides the generator, it is still in its stock configuration and so will be fine. Only the specially built adapter cable can only be used with the generator. I have found without this ground-neutral bond, inverter generator power can become 'dirty' and cause my electronics to glitch up. So in addition to safety, it is actually rather important for your electronics to function properly on generator power. The UPSes I use also complain if the bond is missing as now their surge protection function cannot work. With a generator backup solution like this, you have to have a UPS capable of riding through a power outage long enough for you to get the generator power coming into the house and to the electronics or else they will lose power. In real power outages, my main UPS has reported ~30% of its battery capacity used by the time I got it onto generator power when I have been home during the outage. Another thing that I did was to build a special adapter cable to hook generator ground into house ground using lighted plugs so I can see when generator power is present and I can see when house power comes back. There is only a ground wire going between ground prongs, so power cannot pass, it is NOT a suicide cable without these additional wires. This way everything, including all of my electronics that often have conducting copper Ethernet cables running between them are tied to the same ground voltage reference potential. I have noticed with analog audio cables running between devices that without this common ground, it will pickup a significant electronic hum for my speaker output. So yeah, a good common ground can help things out right away with your audio equipment if you still have analog stuff in the loop. In the worst case scenario, it will prevent static discharge between devices, which with electronics can lead to equipment that no longer works.
One thing you forgot to mention was a grounding issue, the basics of a bonded neutral vs floating neutral!
I'm going to dedicate a video to generator grounding. There is a lot of confusion around that and many get it wrong. It depends on the bonding of the neutral at the generator and at the main panel. Is the generator a separately derived system or not. Stay tuned for a video on that subject.
Great info. Thanks
You bet! Thanks for watching. If you know someone who will benefit from this info please pass it along..
Good thinking John
Thank you for this posting. I am going to post it on my Facebook business page.
Awesome, thank you!
Great Tips, John!
Thank you Ed..
Thanks for the tips john.
You bet. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.
good advice,but as you mentioned yourself some things can be a challenge.If one is in the middle of a hurricane, to run a generator in dry "conditions"would require a sturdy,dedicated structure,meant for the generator only use.This requires extra real estate area,building permit and construction of it with possible inspection.Anything can be done provided one pumps enough money into the enterprise,which ,alas is not the case for a lot of people
Excellent video.
Thank you very much! If you know someone that would benefit from this information please share it with them. Maybe we can save a life..
I watching your channel first just subscribed too. I love your content it's great to stay safe and be alive. Your detailed analysis is topnotch thanks for bringing these mistakes to light
Awesome, thank you! I appreciate comments like yours. Welcome to the channel. I have another video going live tomorrow.
Thanks for the solid info and no nonsense video.liked and subscribed. Looking forward to it.
Awesome, thank you!
@@BackyardMaine if future videos are even half as informative, no. Thank you.
That was a great video. I'm hoping towards saving up for an under an acre to live on. I'llhave to check back on these if they teach me anything.
Again, thx, and sorry I need your help.
Really good tips! Well done.
Thanks so much!
Great tips John đđ»đđŒââïžđ
Thanks Luc.. Hope all is well up north my friend. đ
Very good info. Thank you..
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Sage advice.
Thanks for sharing sir.
My pleasure. Please share it if you know someone who could benefit from the information.
Excellent video!
Thank you very much!
@3:40 the trash can with the name _Casella_ on it reminded me of Tony Casella in Maine, who owned a number of development properties. These are solid tips, John, and your videos make me miss living Downeast.
Thank you my friend. Much appreciated. Where are you living now?
@@BackyardMaine Richmond, VA. Lived in ME for 20 years. Maybe I'll make it back. Take care.
Some great advice thank you
My pleasure!
Excellent points
Thank you!
Excellent video. I went one step further by attaching, to the panel, a very detailed, simple set of instructions to follow in case I am not home when the generator is needed. I also had a training session for everybody who "may" have to use the generator. But one question I have: I made a device that is mounted on the distribution panel that will absolutely prevent both street power and generator power to energize the distribution panel at the same time. Since the device is not UL approved, is it legal???
As long as you have a mechanical device that prevent the generator breaker and the main from being turned on at the same time I think you're fine. The one I bought for my panel is not uL listed.
How's she goin'? Life saving tips here John!! Thanks! Take 'er easy!!
Thanks Mike.. Doing well here. I hope all is well for you and your wife in the wild and wonderful north.
Can you talk about in your next video when you are supposed to ground your generator?
I have had that request many times now so I will plan a video on that subject in the near future.
I'm surprised there was no mention of grounding the generator during #6.
I'm going to dedicate a video to generator grounding. There is a lot of confusion around that and many get it wrong. It depends on the bonding of the neutral at the generator and at the main panel. Is the generator a separately derived system or not. Stay tuned for a video on that subject.
I was thinking of installing a large generator for my house but then I realize that I needed a lot of fuel to run it, so I settled for a 3500 running watts dual fuel that runs almost 24 hours on a 4 gallons of gas or 20 pounds of propane. I bought a separate portable ac unit at 12000 btu. I ran the generator with my portable unit and was keeping my house temperature pretty good on the first floor( oat was 90 deg) On an emergency Iâm thinking of running the portable unit, 1 large and 1 small fridge, a fan and my television. This way I donât need to store that much fuel because I also have to plan where to keep the fuel safely. An all house generator is great if you have gas available from the utility and have a lot of power outages over the years.
Finally someone that does not recommend backfeeding an electrical panel. I have even had electricians recommend this.
Yes, for sure. Back feeds are not a good idea.
Good stuff. Especially about carbon monoxide and windows or doors. Also storing gas inside is not a good idea.
If your going through the trouble of adding a receptacle on the side of your panel, just also add a manual transfer switch. This passes code in case you sell your home, plus isolates your home from the grid when using Gen.
A manual transfer switch works fine but so does using an interlock kit which also passes code.
Would really like to know your thoughts on a propane generator vs the gasoline generator. My thought is the propane does not go bad like gasoline stored in a storage container after a long period of time. I have lived in Iowa and Arizona and both utility companies have provided reliable power so the need of portable generator power has been minimal. Thanks for sharing some valuable tips on generator safety.
I have never owned a propane powered generator but I do certainly like the idea. I think they are safer, and you can probably get through most outages without needing to fill the tank. I also like the idea of inverter generators which use less fuel and provide much cleaner power allowing you to confidently use your computers and other electronic devices.
John, could you please elaborate on the installation of a ground rod for the generator?. There are several opinions depending on the manufacture. Jerry in S.E. Pa.
Sorry, I just read a prior request on the same subject.
Hi Jerry.. It depends on whether the neutral is bonded to ground or you have a floating neutral. If the generator is connected as a separately derived system then a ground rod or other bond to ground would be required. I will add that to my content list.
What about a cover for rain with the exhaust end open when there is rain? Will that cover I intend to buy for a generator be safe?
I have seen a few home made generator housings with the exhaust piped out.
I like your style and content
Thank you.. Much appreciated.
Itâs a good idea to ground generators to a ground rod.
Just curious....have you ever heard of people connecting the portable generator frame to a ground rod? If so, under what circumstances would you do this?
Yes but most of the time that's not required. I plan on make a video on ground connections to the generator and most importantly the importance of knowing whether you need a bonded neutral at the generator or a separation between neutral and ground. Some electricians still don't understand this clearly enough to make the proper determination. I will try to get that video made this summer. It's more than I can cover in the comments. Stay tuned.
As a neighborhood kid mowing yards for money, I once tried to save an electric weed eater cord by cutting out a bad end and splicing two good ones together; but they were both male. Plugged it into the garage, and then got the shock of my life. Now I learn this is called a âsuicide cordâ⊠and Iâll never do that again!
Last week we (Seattle) had a guy that ran his gen with it sitting directly against his house with the exhaust pointing at the cedar siding.
It burned the house down.
Scary stuff.. I'm sure it happens a lot.
I use a suicide cord and I'm the only one allowed to use it at my house. However I do teach my family about it and why it's dangerous. I also have a check list to ensure nothing is turned on until the main it tripped 1st. Then the generator circuit breakers are turned off, then all the cords are connected, checked and then only then is the generator even turned on and it's circuit breakers turned on. And of course until everything is disconnected then and only then is the Main allowed to be turned on. Until I can afford to have a Emergency Panel is Connected to my house, a Check List is crucial and mandatory in my family. So far in the 10 years I've owned it. I've only had to use the back generator twice. After Hurricane IDA for 10 hours and a really bad rain storm last year when the power was out for 6 hours. That suicide cord is 12 awg that goes to a three prong dryer plug. I also use a separate 110v cord that only has the ground connected inside the plug for an additional safety ground, the 110vac wires are capped and not used. Thanks for the tip I found I had broken two of them. 1. Suicide Cord. 2. I run it outside under the porch and the cord runs runs through the door that is cracked open just enough to let the cord pass. I do stuff towels in the open parts of the door to keep the smell out though. So I may be good on the 2. one. It's a 7KW with a 8KW surge. It runs the whole house except the Central AC and the Electric Stove. it will even run two small window AC Units for the bedrooms. Thanks for sharing. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
This is confusing. I had a licensed electrician, install a dedicated inlet near the panel box which is in the laundry room leading to the garage, a dedicated 30 amp breaker in the panel box that only addresses the generator, and have a series of start up and shut down procedures to include shutting down the main power box which is on the opposite side of the house and outside that get's padlocked and never opened or turned back on until after we are ready to return to main power and all generator power has been terminated. But I have the same heavy grade commercial cord (Maybe even thicker (100ft)) you are using that i bought from the electrical company. but it is wired with 2 male ends. Are the codes different codes different from state to state. Did they shortcut?
Actually that is an illegal connection. The reason is it depends on you cycling the breaker in the correct order rather than a mechanical interlock. I'm sure you know how to do it correctly but it's risky and illegal in all 50 states.
Could you please cover bonded and unbonded neutral generators?
I'll make a video on that subject soon..
I circumvent several of those issues by using propane instead of gas. Also, safer and easier to store. Doesn't go bad like gas does, either.
Aim High!!!
Yes thank you.. đșđž
can i have it running and hooked up when i switch it over at the fuse box?.....i have a interlock installed
Yes, That's when you want to do that. If your generator connection cannot handle the whole house what I recommend is shutting off all your breakers, turn on your generator breaker and bring the loads you're going to run one at a time. Inductive loads have inrush so I bring the on first so I won't stall the generator. The well pump, then I wait maybe 30 seconds and I turn on the boiler. Once the burner is running I bring on my other loads one after the other.
@@BackyardMaine ....thanks......i have the champion 7800......had it for 11 years.....change the oil often......the only problem i had was the battery brackets'welds broke off the frame from the vibration and i found the battery on the ground.....i may fix it but i like pulling the cord better......
@@Joe-pb3lx I have had to run mine for several days this year and also last year. It's starting to get a little engine knock so I'm not sure how much longer it will last. I have changed the oil several times as well. it's about 15-20 years old.
@@BackyardMaine ...yeah same here with the use......id try some Seafoam in your gas tank.....read the can directions to see how much you need for your size gas tank......id try that first, then if that doesnt do anything try Berryman's in your tank.....i tried berrymans in my chevy truck that had a loud lifter sound and after 2 tank fulls it went away.....you can get both at walmart for the cheapest price......berrymans is only like 5 bucks a can.....good luck
@@Joe-pb3lx Thank you. I give that a try. I really don't want to buy a new generator right now. I have a new battery power station with an automatic transfer switch to hook up in the next couple of weeks. It was gifted by a brand. I'm going to run it through some testes. I curious how long it will run the house before the batteries die. The batteries are expandable as well. Probably be good for outages that last less than 24 hours. I be making that video in a few weeks.
I am guilty of number seven. I know I shouldnt do it, but I do.
I have been guilty of that one as well....
If it time to add fuel, it time to check the oil...fact.
Carbon monoxide is a sneaky gas. I was doing a job in upper New York and it placed the generator outside the garage door 2 or 3 feet. The cold air from the night when I open the garage door had flowed out of the bottom area of the opening of the garage door and the carbon monoxide was drawn in above the garage door along the ceiling into the basement where I was succumbed. For whatever reason in this universe a neighbor kindly decided to bring me a cup of coffee that morning not even knowing me. He found me unconscious on the floor and pulled me out of the house and saved my life. Do not fuck with carbon monoxide, it will kill you when you won't even know it.
Wow!! That is a scary story. I guess the angles were looking over you on that day. I worked in large industry most of my career and there are plenty of cases where people were not and fortunate. Thanks for sharing.
a well known seller of generators tried to sell me a system and he said we could only use certain items and he wanted to install boxes on certain items, yeah he was probably correct but i told him what i have works good and we dont do any oven or dryer or heavy use during an outage.....i just wanted an auto-start feature so i didnt have to go outside at 2am sometimes......he wanted 18 thousand dollars, i can buy a lot of champion generators for that kind of money and i told him we are on a budget and cant afford what he quoted and he kept trying to sell me and i ended up kicking him off my property......if i was rich yeah i would of done it but when a potential customer says he cant afford it, you need to stop and cut your losses......he was very pushy......he also said i must be popping fuses all the time with my champion 7800 and i told him not yet and he looked kind of mad like i was lying.....im almost 65 and lying isnt in my blood
I get the same pushy people at my door all the time trying to push solar. Drive me nuts. I had to get rude with the last guy because he wouldn't;t take no for an answer. He actually said I'm not leaving until we come to an agreement. That when things went south. lol. It totally fine to power the whole electrical panel with your 7800 watt generator. Just be selective about what you run when power is on generator. I've been doing it for years.
The other mistake most people make is they think a $150 Harbor Freight generator that is meant to be used outdoors on a construction site will work to power their home with 100 foot extension cords.
Are you the Ajjamstudiod guy also. Look and sound a lot like him but not sure. Just curious.
Nope..?
im in new gloucester......are you near me?
Yes about 30 minutes from there..
Does the generator need to be grounded??
Not mine but some do. It depends on the neutral and ground configuration. I'll make a video on the subject very soon.
yeah with the, never un/hook up a running generator, that mitigates the "Suicide" part of the suicide cord. but most idiots will do just that hook it up while running..
You may have saved some lives
Your techniques in #6 cause a lot of extra walking
BUT
That's better than riding to a funeral (especially yous)
You've got that right.
Iâll take the extra walk rain or shine.
Gen should be at least 20ft from a building...
shutting house power off from street?
Yes. The utility or street power needs to be disconnected before a generator feed can be connected. This interlock is required for the reasons I talk about in the video.
Gen-tent. Need I say more?
We seem to get a lot of wind when the power goes out. I'm not sure a tent is the answer but I have never seen them in action.
@@BackyardMaine It is a product designed to clamp directly onto the generator, often times designed for a specific family of units in collaboration with the manufacturer of the generator. Mine stayed in place during tropical storm force winds and survived winter in the Bangor area. They also have a skirt to keep the electrical / control panel as dry as possible.
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I disagree with your basic premise. Many people are capable of safely connecting generators to their house circuitry. You paint with a broad brush when you classify so many people as unable to operate machinery.
Noooo⊠nooooooâŠ.squirrels are smarter than the general publicâŠ.
Do you realize that if you were to make a mistake connecting a generator in this way and someone was killed you would not only be liable from a lawsuit perspective but you would be criminally liable as well. I can make the connections as well but I learned a long time ago than anyone can make a mistake.
You can easily tell if there's carbon monoxide in your house get a couple detectors
I may have mentioned that and also showed them in the video.