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Installation of a generator for a house.

Tomgunn
Hello all,


I'm moving house, (been here for over 42 years'!!), and one of the first items on my mind is installing an electrical generator.


SO; I guess there will be contactors / switch gear etc as I would like it to be 'automatic', (OR, maybe 'manual' too), changing from incoming to the generator.


a; What would be the best type of generator to purchase? Load wise? I'm not too worried as the bigger the load the bigger the           generator would need to be as long as I could run the basics within the house.


b; What switch gear would be appropriate?


I would't fancy the idea of switching tails around on a Henley block each time I needed the generator to be in use!!


Thanks, in advance!


regards... Tom
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    Sparkingchip:

    If all else fails I have my Mamod steam engine and a bottle of meths.


    I have generated electricity from a model steam engine ! by means of a cycle dynamo and a rubber band. It worked a couple of LED torch bulbs.

    (Desite the name, cycle "dynamos" are in fact miniature alternators and produce AC) Output was about a watt or two.

    Have also observed 20 watts being produced from a large dog running in a wheel, only briefly, cruel to the dog if long continued, but fine BRIEFLY.

    A large kid worked as well.

    An averagely unfit* person on a stationary cycle managed 100 watts, a racing cyclist managed 500 watts.


    *Me.


     


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    Sparkingchip:

    If all else fails I have my Mamod steam engine and a bottle of meths.


    I have generated electricity from a model steam engine ! by means of a cycle dynamo and a rubber band. It worked a couple of LED torch bulbs.

    (Desite the name, cycle "dynamos" are in fact miniature alternators and produce AC) Output was about a watt or two.

    Have also observed 20 watts being produced from a large dog running in a wheel, only briefly, cruel to the dog if long continued, but fine BRIEFLY.

    A large kid worked as well.

    An averagely unfit* person on a stationary cycle managed 100 watts, a racing cyclist managed 500 watts.


    *Me.


     


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