Dark Sparky
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- Location
- USA
- Occupation
- Electrical Engineer
We're designing an auto dealership in FL. Owner wants to add generator for "some" loads. Does not want to segregate loads (no Emerg vs. Normal panels). Rather, they plan to manually turn on/off breakers when running on generator. This will be a connection for a rollup generator, not a permanent gen.
1) What general codes govern this?
2) Does having the generator connection mandate supplying certain loads (fire alarm, emergency lighting, etc.) from the generator? If so, ideas on how to implement this, given that the loads won't be segregated into normal vs. emergency? I can accept adding an emergency panel for this purpose if it's code-required.
3) Anything else high-level that I should consider/implement with this design?
Thanks!
1) What general codes govern this?
2) Does having the generator connection mandate supplying certain loads (fire alarm, emergency lighting, etc.) from the generator? If so, ideas on how to implement this, given that the loads won't be segregated into normal vs. emergency? I can accept adding an emergency panel for this purpose if it's code-required.
3) Anything else high-level that I should consider/implement with this design?
Thanks!