I have to agree with the problem being in the household breaker panel. I have a Emergency Power Transfer Switch kit that I purchased with my generator last winter. I have yet to hook it up but it wires into the household breaker panel and controls 6 circuits. It is rated for generators up to 8000 watts. It isolates the circuits from the house panel. I paid $200 at Lowes. Made by Reliance Model Number 30216BRK.
Eric On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 1:34 PM, Bill Bowser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe you will find that the problem lies in your household circuit > breaker panel. If the neutral conductor is connected to the ground bus, > which is required by the National Electric Code I believe, it will cause the > GFCI breaker in the generator to trip. In order for a GFCI to detect a > ground fault the neutral conductor on the load side of the breaker must be > independent of the ground conductor. I don't know a good (safe) way to get > around this. I'll have to think about it. > > Bill Bowser > Cincinnati > > Robert McElwee wrote: > > Several times over the past few years I have killed my main breaker (as > well as all the other breakers), hooked up two extension cords I made that > have double male ends on them, and powered up both sides of my breaker box > with a 5K generator. This year hurricane season is here so I pulled out my > "new" generator (a used 6K generator my father traded me for a 10K generator > I bought for him) and fired it up. It is running fine so I killed my main > breaker and all the other breakers and tried to back feed into the house > through the two electrical outlets I have always used. Here is what I see: > > 1) As soon as I plug the generator into the house outlet the GFCI on the > generator trips. > 2) Plugging two refrigerators into one of my extension cords (without the > double male patch) works fine. > 3) Plugging the double male patch into my extension cord and back feeding a > power strip works fine (power from the generator coming into one of the > strip outlets - the male cord on the outlet just laying on the ground). > > Any ideas? It looks like to me that both my generator and extension cords > with double male ends are working fine. I've tried to plug into a house > outlet (all breakers still off) in several different rooms and it trips the > GFCI every time. I am confused since this is something I have done many > times before with another generator. > > > -- > Robert McElwee and Blue Flash > "The 50 MPG Miata" > www.lightweightmiata.com/mpg > > Lightweight Miata Forum: > www.lightweightmiata.com/forum > > The Miata Trailer Project: > www.lightweightmiata.com/trailer > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing [EMAIL > PROTECTED]://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > ------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.526 / Virus Database: 270.6.14/1647 - Release Date: 9/2/2008 > 6:02 AM > > > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > >
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