PetrosA
Senior Member
- Location
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania
I don't get the opposition to this. Think of how many homes can get emergency power in a very short period with these. The last time we had a hurricane warning, it was mayhem with everyone running out to get a generator, and I HATE to think of how all those people hooked them up temporarily.
Option 1) Get in with the POCO and/or Generlink, become a generator dealer, install the things, sell a service contract, sit back and make money.
Option 2) Sit around thinking back on the glory days when you got to install a really hokey generac panel that looked like a Frankenstein experiment gone wrong and complain about how life is too easy nowadays.
Don't get me wrong - I'm against dumbing down code so that only monkeys are needed for installing, but this is just a better solution to the small generator market than what's been offered previously. It's only rated for a 200A meterbase and 10kW (40A). All those 320A and 400A McMansions will still need a more expensive, custom fitted solution. Overload this, and the generator breaker will trip. Ground fault? The GFI receptacles or breakers in the panel will take care of it. As an electrician AND as a customer who lives in a flood plain, I would jump on this in a heartbeat.
Option 1) Get in with the POCO and/or Generlink, become a generator dealer, install the things, sell a service contract, sit back and make money.
Option 2) Sit around thinking back on the glory days when you got to install a really hokey generac panel that looked like a Frankenstein experiment gone wrong and complain about how life is too easy nowadays.
Don't get me wrong - I'm against dumbing down code so that only monkeys are needed for installing, but this is just a better solution to the small generator market than what's been offered previously. It's only rated for a 200A meterbase and 10kW (40A). All those 320A and 400A McMansions will still need a more expensive, custom fitted solution. Overload this, and the generator breaker will trip. Ground fault? The GFI receptacles or breakers in the panel will take care of it. As an electrician AND as a customer who lives in a flood plain, I would jump on this in a heartbeat.