The battery for the electric starter can be purchased at any auto-type parts place. This makes maintenance fairly simple, as does the screw-on oil filter. You change it much like the filter on a car. The top-mounted fuel tank holds 5 gallons of unleaded fuel.
Since ours is used on a limited basis we opted to do this. STP also makes a fuel stabilizer that seems to work fine too. Once you have set up the generator according to the manual that comes with it - and have tested it to make sure it works as a standalone generator - identify a location where you can safely run the generator.
The generator uses a gasoline engine just like a car, and does output some exhaust. A covered, open sided carport can be a great location. Now you are ready to install the systems which will let you connect the generator to your home. Remember that your home must be isolated from the electrical utility company if you do this, so you need a device to do that for you. This device is commonly called a cutover switch. The basic principle of the cutover switch is very simple. It is essentially a series of single-pole double-throw switches that are connected behind your circuit breakers.
In position 1, the power from the electric company goes is routed to the circuit breaker in your electrical panel and is sent down the line to the devices on that curcuit.
In position 2, neither the electric company nor the generator is powering the circuit. The circuit is cutoff from ALL power. In position 3, the circuit breaker in your electrical panel is bypassed - cutting the curcuit off from the power company - and power from the generator is substituted and sent down the line to the devices on that circuit. There are both manual and automatic cutover switches on the market.
They perform the same function, but there is a big price difference. Automatic cutover switches are really neat - they automatically start the generator and switch over to the generator in the event of a power failure. The problem is that they are very expensive, and require special connections to your generator to start it - meaning a more expensive generator to start with.
These are more common in larger businesses or medical facilities. A manual switch is essentially a panel with a set of single-pole double-throw switches and a connection point for a cable from your generator. These are easily affordable, and as long as you a UPS system on your essential circuits they work just fine. There are a lot of these on the market - and the differences are subtle, yet important. It features large paddle switches, and incorporates a 4-wire NEMA L twistlok plug for generator connection.
It also has power level meters for each phase to help in load balancing, and true break-before-make switches for each circuit to assure that you are completely cut off from the utility before it will let the generator supply power to the house.
It wires right in to your breaker panel, connected by a 1-inch conduit. The Gentran Model Cutover Switch is designed to supply up to 10 circuits in your home. Keep in mind that while you can hook the unit up to 10 circuit breakers, you may not be able to power everything on all 10 of those circuits at the same time. You need to pay attention to the total load presented to the generator, and to the total output capability of the generator.
Never let the load equal more than the sustained load capability of the generator. You can determine the load that will be presented by looking at the labels on the products plugged into your walls. This includes lights, stereos, heaters, etc.
Do this at the same time you identify your breakers. Before installing the Gentran , you need to identify exactly what outlets and lights are connected to each of your circuit breakers. This way, you can see which ones you want to connect to the Gentran switch. Show each toom, and mark the locations of each outlet and light. Then ID the breakers. You can do this my unplugging all appliances and electronics, but leaving lights turned on and plugged in.
Turn that breaker on and repeat for all of the others. Remember that you can turn individual curcuits on or off using the Gentran If I need to run the refer or my water heater, both of which take more power, I can turn off the lights or the bedroom or other circuits, and then turn on the refer or water heater - keeping the total load below the W sustained output of the Vantage generator.
Now, some of you may know that the refer takes a LOT of power to start but not too much to run. This is due to the fact that inductive motors, compressors, and some other devices take more power to start than they do to run. The best way to see this is after you have installed your Gentran - you will want to make a few tests using the meters on the unit. We will talk more about this later. One other thing that I will mention, you need to make sure that your loads are balanced.
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