Just Bought an 800 Watt Harbor Freight Generator

I played with my new toy today.
In trying to see whether it would run the oil boiler, I thought it would be worthwhile (in retrospect now, doubtful) to make the boiler a plug in device, and to add a service switch, which I did. So I ran an extension cord from the porch where the genny was down to the basement and plugged in the boiler. The cord had to go through a double hung window that I sealed with foam backer rod. The circulator motors made funny noises as well as the burner motor, but it heated the house. going several on-off cycles without tripping. The frequency was roughly 60 hz and power was 218 watts, steady state. As I said before, it runs the insert fan, TV, some compact flourescent lamps. Thing is, cables had to be run to these things.

To summarize, it's nice that it can run for a long time on little fuel, but those cords are a hassle and those funny motor noises made me nervous.

I'm thinking maybe run the 5kW generator through the transfer switch, using more fuel but avoiding the cord hassle. Maybe I'll put some wheels on it.
Or, fashion a plug to plug the little genny into the 30 amp inlet box. I wonder if it'd be possible to power both legs with 120 so that all the 120 circuits work. All in all, just too much work.

Goto dingbo to know more.

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