Powering My ENTIRE House with Champion Inverter Generator. 

Ya nice to have power indication.

Thanks!

My generator does have a bonded neutral but I disconnected it so it is now floating for this purpose

​@@JCTFIXITplz explain this further. I'm trying to understand what you said about the ground thing. I back feed through my dryer plug but if I turn anything on 120 wise like a light it blows it out. Like to much power⁉️ why is that⁉️

Sounds like you are not hooked up right. Side note: Lookup floating vs bonded neutral on Google.

All that is code mumbo jumbo. Your using a generator because it’s a emergency situation. Codes be damned. You do what you gotta do, to keep the power on. Worse comes to worse you can ground your genie to the grounding rod of the house.

@@user-ui4iv8dz3wno bad info you must run your generator unbonded to ground and do the proper install for your house panel or else you’re getting ready to kill somebody maybe even yourself

Seriously could be spooky when people backfeed the grid

A lot less than that will kill you, but it's also not a good idea to try to start a generator with a load on it. You can safely plug into a generator. You do it on the walls of your house everyday.

@@JCTFIXIT Always connect the cord first before starting generator. The plugs in your house do not have hot extended leads like the generator cord. It also properly grounds the generator before you start it for safety and there won’t be any loads on it due to your interlock kit. Also make sure you float the neutral in your generator because there should only be 1 bonded neutral in a system and that will come from your distribution panel. I’m considering this generator for clean power for my sensitive electronics in my house. Do you find that your computers, dryer and refrigerators work properly on gen power? Thanks for posting the vid.

Yeah everything works great the one thing you do have to watch out for is making sure you are load balancing. You don't want all your load on only one side. So for example if you are running electric dryer on one side it would be unwise to run microwave on same side. Make sure its on opposite side of split phase.

@@MichaelBrown-xb6pp a generator cord doesn't have hot extended leads..... No extension cord does by design.... That's what a home made suicide cord has...And that is one of the reasons you should not do that. I know someone who's wife accidentally tried to use his suicide cord made for generator as an extension cord and got shocked. With a proper generator receptacle there is no issue. If you'll notice the plug is plugging in is a female and has nothing extended from it and they prongs in the receptacle in the wall are not energized......safe Personally I've never had any issue with electronics and my synchronous generator that has a AVR automatic voltage regulator. I think the need for inverters is mostly marketing here. I've been using my regular generator for 20+ years...... Several times I've run the house for a week and that includes Smart TVs routers computers with no issues.

@@JCTFIXIT yep it's not the voltage, its the amps and it only takes 50 milliamps to kill you

Git r done!

Depends on what kind of load your window ac pulls. Probably a 3500 inverter model would work well. Something like this: www.harborfreight.com/3500-watt-super-quiet-inverter-generator-with-co-secure-technology-59137.html

First I wouldn't recommend anything harbor freight with only a 90 day warranty. I have a champion 3500 that I can run 2-8000 btu air conditioners, along with lights and TV ,refrigerator, freezer. In order to run the microwave or toaster oven we have to turn the air conditioners off

Stays in the garage. Only turn it on every few months just to ensure we are running good.

Hard to say. Really depends on how easily you can access your main breaker. With easy access I would think $300-$400 for labor + cost of parts and permits.

You could call and get a couple quotes.

@@JCTFIXIT Thank You, appreciate the info

Should cost no more than $450. it is simple to do.

That depends a lot on your current panels. It depends a lot on what you have is up to code or not. When an actual electrician pulls a permit and goes into make some changes he may have to bring some older things up to current codes. This can add a lot of cost. It also depends on your panels and if you can put a simple interlock on there or not. If you can, full retail you're probably looking at $150 for the interlock, $30 for a 30 amp generator breaker, $50 for the receptacle, $25 for miscellaneous conduit fittings, $20 for some wire. Then probably about 3 hours of a electrician's time. So a rough estimate would be $450. Of course you can do this yourself for only the cost of the parts if it's that easy. My service panel has no main breaker. So I had to put a interrupt panel in between my service panel and my house which only allows me to attach the generator to the house panel. So mine will not run my big amp items like AC stove water heater or furnace. Those had their own breakers in the service panel by the meter. That's okay because I have small window unit ACS I put in after a storm if the power is out for a few days they use a lot less energy than the big Central AC. Being able to use the water heater or limited use of the stove would be nice but I've always gotten by with just microwave and a toaster oven. And cold showers. I could put in a big 200 amp transfer panel between the meter and the house panel to solve my problem.... Or just replace the whole service panel with one with a main disconnect breaker. That would probably be the easiest and I got a price on that and it was not a nice price.......$3700. when they do this they have to bring things up to code, they do not want to reuse old breakers they want to use all new, etc. Plus they've got to get a permit and an inspection etc etc. They charge for all the time that it requires from them by the hour. So in the end I put in my panel myself for about $400 total. This is why so many people will just flip their breaker and use a suicide cord and plug into their dryer socket. That cost $50, and you're really doing the same thing you just don't have the idiot proof interlock. However after running extension cords through doors for years I was sick of extension cords and that was my main reason for going ahead and putting in the generator receptacle and transfer panel outside to basically power what I needed in the house. Turn on whatever light you want instead of just a few lamps. Run ceiling fans instead of just floor fan. Don't have to pull the refrigerator and microwave out so you can have them plugged in to extension cords etc. That was all a royal p i t a. It is well worth whatever it costs imo for ease. It took me many years and several episodes without power for a few days to do mine because I just knew mine wasn't simple. There was really only one company that made the kind of transfer panel I needed and that was reliance panel link

Yes. But it all depends on how efficient your equipment is and what kind of power it draws. everybody is a little bit different.

My AC compressor runs no problems. I imagine some of the older and/or bigger units could be problematic.

My guess is your AC is a smaller unit. The 6250 won't deliver nearly enough current to start my 3.5 ton unit. The locked rotor amperage of the unit is 108 amps and the Champion 6250 is only rated at 52 amps (26 amps over each leg of a 240 volt circuit) and based on the typical LRA of a 3 ton unit, it would probably trip off for most of them.. But maybe not. I know it won't start mine and a 100 amp LRA is pretty typical of a 3.5 ton unit and 75 LRA is typical of most 3 ton units.

@@shenmisheshou7002 Any drawbacks to using a soft start on the A/C?

@@sony1998 I think it would clearly help but hard start kits are very hard on motor windings. I am considering a soft start kit though. These are much more expensive , but I think they are perhaps a better approach. This would reduce the startup current by about 60% so for my unit, this might be enough to start it. LRA is a bit more than 100 amps and the 6250 will put out a peak of 52 amps, but that is cutting it close. It would cost me about $300 to find out though.

@@sony1998 In addition to the response I just put up, people also forget about the inrush current on the evaporator blower motor. My unit starts the compressor first and when the pressure at the evaporator is sufficient it turns on the fan, but this fan draws about 1400 watts on startup and I think about 800 watts run. This totals out to a lot of current for a small generator. My primary concern was heat during prolonged power outages in the winter where the power can take hours to be restored (4 hours day before yesterday). In the summer we sometimes have outages but these are usually no more than 90 minutes.

Thanks.

It's good. The ones that are quiet usually have a built-in plastic cage and absorption for Acoustics this one not so much although the engine speed can vary because it is an inverter

@@JCTFIXIT That's good to know. I just order the 6250 inverter today & I'm gonna build a quiet box for it. Thanks for sharing 👍

Awesome thanks!

I repurposed an outlet that was already existing.

Make sure that the wiring is suited to your breaker. Most would recommend 10 gauge wire for a 30 amp breaker. I repurposed a 50 amp breaker that already had 6 gauge wiring to carry that load. As far as breaker, 30 amp should be sufficient as it should be able to handle over 7000 watts on 240v connection.

@@JCTFIXIT Thank you for the advice!

@@JCTFIXIT I believe my wire is 6 gauge, also. We were going to put a jacuzzi in while remodeling, but changed our minds.

Using a 50 amp breaker for a 10 gauge wire is not ideal. Imagine there is a short or connection issue from the generator side, the 10 gauge wire may get warm or even catch on fire, but the breaker may not turn it off.

It's not designed with a parallel kit, that doesn't mean it couldn't be done, but I would just get a larger generator.

​@@JCTFIXITI bought the trifuel 15kw/12kw champion generator. Is not inverted. How can I clean the "dirty power" things I want to power are 4 ton a/c, large fridge, washer/dryer. Occasional gas furnace and small appliances, a few lights. I want to hook it up to natural gas. Most inverted generators from champion max out at 9kw but loose kw on natural gas.

Many inverter generators have enclosures around them and thus are much quieter. This model is not enclosed like many inverters are.

@@JCTFIXITGotcha. I understand now. Great video, BTW.

Thanks! Thanks for reaching out.

Why would I ground my generator if I am going to tie it to my home ground?

Depends on the AC unit. At my last house it would run the AC unit. I recently moved and it will not run the AC unit for my new house, so I'm going to have to get a soft start kit for it

@@JCTFIXIT any issues with it so far? Stalling out? Fault light issues?

No I have not had any issues I'm so far granted I've only ran it for a few hours here and there

@@JCTFIXIT what was your old ac that it ran? I have a heat pump/mini spit ac.

It was a traditional compressor. Mini splits are usually very efficient. It would likely run it no problems.