When we moved here, power company put our meter out on a pole in the yard, but used a dual-purpose box. It not only holds the meter, but when the main switch on this box is shut off, it engages a transfer location that we can connect a generator to. No need for a transfer switch, and no chance of having a charge on the lines while workers are busy working.
One time had lots of trees go down. Lines were down all over the place! Power was off for 3 1/2 days. Finally I called a neighbor and asked how he was doing there. He said he was doing OK, but strange thing was he could see power on just down the road.
I called power company and asked how much longer power would be out. They said it's NOT out - that the power had been turned on 2 days before. I informed them in no uncertain terms that we were still without power, and could they please find out what the heck was going on!
Come to find out, there was a switch down the road from the neighbor that had gone bad. ...Rather than picturing a switch in your mind, like a light switch, think instead of a length of wire that is supposed to burn out to protect the rest of the line. Well, that's what happened, but nobody was expecting that, so didn't check. So here were 3 or 4 houses that had been without power for 2 days longer than should have been.
I bought one of them fancy, Made in China generators (el cheapo) a couple years back - 4,000w running, 4,400w peak - and have it ready with oil but have never started it yet. Is mounted on an old push mower frame for easy wheeling around. ....Gee, I hope it runs. Don't think I could send it back under warranty now! :shock: :lol:
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