coach gen to house

[Ralph Fullenwider]

Wallace: Your post came through to my portal and read very well.

Was wondering when the NEC was going to be mentioned in this thread.
And, this has been done in the past, using the gen set for power
outages. The "buddy plug" was installed from the Gen set main breaker box,
where 2, 50 amp main circuit breakers are installed. Then an automatic
transfer switch (or rather 2 of them) installed at the house and a "buddy
plug" adapter cable ran. Cost ran about $4.5K if memory serves. Jack, hit
the nail, and not just for the USA, about the proper permits and
inspections and being signed off by the proper authorities. And Bill hit it
with the NEC and other items mentioned as did Chuck. But, most of all,
Ernie had the right mixture at the on set of the thread, run extension
cords to the bare minimums in the house and stay in the warm Coach.
Charolette and I did that very thing last winter when power was out for 12
days here.

Another thread really hit the proper solution in my minds eye and that is a
pad being put down and a Generac installed. They are dependable units, go
through monthly self checks and start for prevent maint needs, just an all
around good way to go.

As to the original part of the thread, power can not be back fed though the
Coach existing power cable to the house. We have been there before on this
thought.

Here is hoping we make it through the rough time coming,

Safe travels,

Ralph & Charolette Fullenwider
'84 FC35 "Ruff Diamond"
Duncan, Oklahoma


At 07:18 AM 1/24/2012 -0800, you wrote:


>I did a post yesterday which apparently never made it.
>
> I said as a retired trial lawyer, if you do the gen hookup and do it
> wrong and hurt someone, you are toast. I doubt that you have any
> insurance that would cover you in the event of an injury. Very risky all
> around. b9b7f3.jpg
>Wallace & Faye Craig
>95 WLWB 42
>Azle, Texas
>
>>From: "PDMcCripe@..." >>To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 9:05 PM
>>Subject: Re: [WanderlodgeForum] coach gen to house
>>
>>
>>
>>This would seem an excellent note on which to conclude this
>>discussion. Commercial power shall return before any appropriate
>>modifications to your existing electrical distribution system can be
>>designed and installed. Furthermore, your objective is much more
>>practically realized by the purchase of an auxiliary AC generator
>>properly wired to your household system in anticipation of future
>>failures of the commercial source. K.I.S.S.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Donn Borden
>>______________________________________________________________________________\
____________
>>
>>In a message dated 1/23/2012 7:38:58 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
>>wallacecraig1@... writes:
>>>
>>>As a retired personal injury lawyer, I will tell you that if you do this
>>>wrong and hurt someone, you are toastb9b81b.jpg. I doubt that you have
>>>any insurance that would provide you coverage and a judgment against you
>>>is a foregone conclusion.
>>>
>>>Just thought you should know.b9b861.jpg
>>>
>>>Wallace & Faye Craig
>>>95 WLWB 42
>>>Azle, Texas
>>>
>>>>From: BG
>>>>To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>>>>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 8:25 PM
>>>>Subject: RE: [WanderlodgeForum] coach gen to house
>>>>
>>>>At the coach: The existing 50 amp shore
>>>>connection is designed to get power TO the
>>>>coach's breaker panel. The coach's transfer
>>>>switch prevents generator power from getting
>>>>to the 50 amp shore connection, as it should.
>>>>Power from the genset goes only to the
>>>>coach's breaker panel, and only when the
>>>>transfer switch is set to "Gen". That is why
>>>>adding a 50 amp breaker and receptacle to the
>>>>coach's panel makes sense. There are other
>>>>possibilities like tapping into the genset at
>>>>the transfer switch, but this would probably
>>>>be more difficult to design and implement
>>>>(and more dangerous) than just adding a 50
>>>>amp branch circuit to the existing panel with
>>>>inexpensive garden variety building supply
>>>>parts.
>>>>
>>>>At the house: There must be a transfer
>>>>switch installed at the house's panel so that
>>>>power can be fed to the panel from the power
>>>>company or from a genset. The switch has two
>>>>purposes: 1. To select the power source,
>>>>and 2. To assure that power from both the
>>>>power company and the genset can NEVER reach
>>>>the panel at the same time. This is an
>>>>extremely important safety issue for
>>>>protection of both the homeowner and power
>>>>company electricians. Even a sloppy
>>>>electrical design still tends to be
>>>>foolproof; pulling a breaker instead of
>>>>installing a transfer switch is far from
>>>>foolproof.
>>>>
>>>>So in reality, the connections are usually
>>>>NOT there. I've seen the odd coach where a
>>>>50 amp receptacle has been added, and lots of
>>>>houses already have a generator transfer
>>>>switch. If those changes are not already
>>>>made, they need to be.
>>>>
>>>>There are outlaw methods that could be used
>>>>instead (like pulling or turning off the
>>>>house's main breaker), but even in the hands
>>>>of a well practiced electrician this can lead
>>>>to damage, fire, injury, or death. The same
>>>>could be said for trying to turn the coach's
>>>>shore power connector into a source of genset
>>>>power. Twelve kilowatts of power is no joke.
>>>>
>>>>Bob Griesel '84 FC31 WLII WA
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From:
>>>>WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>>>>[mailto:WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com] On
>>>>Behalf Of chaunceyboyblu
>>>>Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 7:28 A
>>>>To:
>>>>WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
>>>>Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] coach gen to
>>>>house
>>>>
>>>>I guess I just don't understand why all the
>>>>modifications need to be made to reverse the
>>>>situation with electricity. It seems the
>>>>connection is already there. In my mind A
>>>>modification to the switch near the front
>>>>door that switches between shore 50/30 and
>>>>gen would be all that is needed. Also pulling
>>>>the breaker/switch that connects the house to
>>>>the grid.
>>>>
>>>>Robert Rahn
>>>>88 pt 40
>>>>Kalispell, Mt.
>>>>
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