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Old 05-22-2008, 09:23 AM  
rowan
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Originally Posted by PersianKitty View Post
Three months later, I had a 35KW, 1800rpm, standby generator installed. It's plumbed into the natural gas line and has an automatic transfer switch. We have it wired to run everything except the a/c and the pump in the pond and the rock water feature.
So shortly after it detects mains power is lost the generator kicks in and a relay switches the source from the street to the generator for most of your internal house wiring? That's a great solution. I guess you chose gas over diesel because of maintenance, rancid diesel issues, etc?
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