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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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    jcm:

    I was looking (out of interest) for what size of generator to charge a EV. Well not the small inverter generators you see in those German supermarkets you could put in the boot. Alas   you may need something like a wheeled portable generator / welding set  you could tow behind the car. However you could use red diesel to charge your EV car and  van. 

    Below is the information site I was looking at for the size needed to run your house (without EV charging point.

    generatoradvisor.com/.../

    This post is not as stupid as the Government doing away with  Petrol/Diesel /gas  . Did you ever see as many cars , lorries and vans on the road as there is today no one working just running around in cars (including myself)


    Tom a lot of the old hands have now left the forum , glad to see that you are still there.

    Regards , I am going for the jag , get yours to . Hopefully  be a happy Christmas next year

    then we can wish it on all who are left.

    Regards

    jcm.

     


    A "granny lead" with a 13A plug on the end will draw 2kW.  A wall mounted charger will be 3.6 or (usually) 7.2kW.


    If you're running off a generator, it will need to be stable enough to keep the car happy, and the chargers have built-in earth fault detection.  So it may refuse to charge at all off a small generator unless the wiring's right.


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    jcm:

    I was looking (out of interest) for what size of generator to charge a EV. Well not the small inverter generators you see in those German supermarkets you could put in the boot. Alas   you may need something like a wheeled portable generator / welding set  you could tow behind the car. However you could use red diesel to charge your EV car and  van. 

    Below is the information site I was looking at for the size needed to run your house (without EV charging point.

    generatoradvisor.com/.../

    This post is not as stupid as the Government doing away with  Petrol/Diesel /gas  . Did you ever see as many cars , lorries and vans on the road as there is today no one working just running around in cars (including myself)


    Tom a lot of the old hands have now left the forum , glad to see that you are still there.

    Regards , I am going for the jag , get yours to . Hopefully  be a happy Christmas next year

    then we can wish it on all who are left.

    Regards

    jcm.

     


    A "granny lead" with a 13A plug on the end will draw 2kW.  A wall mounted charger will be 3.6 or (usually) 7.2kW.


    If you're running off a generator, it will need to be stable enough to keep the car happy, and the chargers have built-in earth fault detection.  So it may refuse to charge at all off a small generator unless the wiring's right.


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