I won't go into the "how is it your qualified" bs but let's say that I am no gun smith so I don't work on my guns, I take them to a gun smith.
I have spent many years playing with wires and I would state that any person with some common sense can accomplish most simple wiring issues one would find in a home.
Some very important issues have already been discussed and great information provided.
That being said let me make one comment, if your "temporary" power has an issue and burns your house down, more then likely your home owners insurance will not cover any repairs or replacement if there is not proof that a qualified, bonded and insured electrician performed the modifications to your homes power system.
One point that hasn't been made is that most dryer drop wire is only usually rated for the breaker which typically is no more then 30 Amps, that can not handle 7000 watts of generator power and would be the weak link in the system and if you have ever seen an electrical fire in a home it isn't something that I would recommend. If you are using a 6 gauge wire for your temporary cord shouldn't the wire going from the dryer plug to your breaker box also be 6 Gauge? I bet it isn't bigger then 10 gauge... If your lucky it might be 8.. Just saying..
Transfer switches don't cost that much compared to burning your home down. And if you stop and think if your in an emergency where your on backup power it's not a good time to find your system can not handle sustained use without risking fire.
If you want professional results get a professional to do the work. Or at least get one to look over your system, and over the phone, email, etc isn't what I mean, they need to come to your house and look it over.
Damn right!
I am an Electrician and I do a lot of work for the big insurance restoration contractor. I have worked on many homes that the homeowner decided, "that doesn't look to difficult, I can do it myself", and after the fire we get called to rewire the home. Right now we're working on one in the Eagle Creek area that an older gentleman hired a "handyman" to do an Electricians job. The homeowner unfortunately never made it out of the home. I have done quite a few generator hook ups and I can tell you rather than re-invent the wheel spend the money to do it right.
Important enough to say it twice huh?I am an Electrician
I work as a troubleshooter for the power company. some people feel that 120/240 is no big deal. it is enough to kill a person if it takes the right path. the even bigger issue here is the fact that a transformer will work either way...high voltage in, low voltage out or low voltage in, high voltage out. so if you were to backfeed into the power companys system, you would be sending about 7200 volts of electricity out of the top of the tranformer, and that my friend can kill somebody in a hurry. please set it up the right way. its in everybodys best interestI won't go into the "how is it your qualified" bs but let's say that I am no gun smith so I don't work on my guns, I take them to a gun smith.
I have spent many years playing with wires and I would state that any person with some common sense can accomplish most simple wiring issues one would find in a home.
Some very important issues have already been discussed and great information provided.
That being said let me make one comment, if your "temporary" power has an issue and burns your house down, more then likely your home owners insurance will not cover any repairs or replacement if there is not proof that a qualified, bonded and insured electrician performed the modifications to your homes power system.
One point that hasn't been made is that most dryer drop wire is only usually rated for the breaker which typically is no more then 30 Amps, that can not handle 7000 watts of generator power and would be the weak link in the system and if you have ever seen an electrical fire in a home it isn't something that I would recommend. If you are using a 6 gauge wire for your temporary cord shouldn't the wire going from the dryer plug to your breaker box also be 6 Gauge? I bet it isn't bigger then 10 gauge... If your lucky it might be 8.. Just saying..
Transfer switches don't cost that much compared to burning your home down. And if you stop and think if your in an emergency where your on backup power it's not a good time to find your system can not handle sustained use without risking fire.
If you want professional results get a professional to do the work. Or at least get one to look over your system, and over the phone, email, etc isn't what I mean, they need to come to your house and look it over.
Also, one personal experience which I have seen first hand, growing up in rural america we always had generators, one time (not at band camp) a neighbor back fed his home from his barn which had it's own meter to the power company and he forgot to open it's main feed. When the power company came to fix the issue in the area they saw he had lights on (it was night time in the winter) and thankfully investigated before doing any repairs to the power grid. When they checked and found he was back feeding they went nutz! The power company supervisor showed up with a chain saw and cut the pole down in front of the guys house after disconnecting the wires and told him that rather then the fine and legal bill he would just have to pay $3,500 for them to put a new pole in and hook him back up. Lets just say he ran on his generator for a couple of weeks...
Just a quick search found this, might help.. Basic Residential Electrical Wiring Circuits Rough In and Codes Guide
Good luck..