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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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    mapj1:

    I remember t'time when we didn't have any central heating, in't Yorkshire and a tin bath in Wales, haha... them were t'good ole days', (oh no they wasn't...  haha!!).


    Tha's a long way to walk holding your towel and the soap Tom. ?


    At my grandparents we may have had to light the fire to get water hot for the bath, but it was all in the same house. (Except the loo, that you had to go outside for.)

    Ice on the inside of the windows in winter..

    This sounds like the 4 Yorkshiremen  sketch


    Mike

    (born in Beverley, but so long away they think I'm a southerner if I go back.)

     


    Bi 'eck, me lad! T'water... t'water?? Didn't 'av anything as grand as t'water!! 'Ad to do we t'rain!! T'fire? We used to 'av t'use children t'eat t'ome!!


    "Ice?" Hahaha... I think I'll leave it there, haha!! ?


    WOW... I was born in't Beverley!! I say wot I like and I like wot I bloody well say!!


    Well, lot's to sift through... DNO or no DNO, that be the question?


    Thanks, to everyone, for their input... I'd best 'crack' on when I move!!


    Cheers and have as best a Christmas, as possible!!


    Regards...?


    Tom 



     


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    mapj1:

    I remember t'time when we didn't have any central heating, in't Yorkshire and a tin bath in Wales, haha... them were t'good ole days', (oh no they wasn't...  haha!!).


    Tha's a long way to walk holding your towel and the soap Tom. ?


    At my grandparents we may have had to light the fire to get water hot for the bath, but it was all in the same house. (Except the loo, that you had to go outside for.)

    Ice on the inside of the windows in winter..

    This sounds like the 4 Yorkshiremen  sketch


    Mike

    (born in Beverley, but so long away they think I'm a southerner if I go back.)

     


    Bi 'eck, me lad! T'water... t'water?? Didn't 'av anything as grand as t'water!! 'Ad to do we t'rain!! T'fire? We used to 'av t'use children t'eat t'ome!!


    "Ice?" Hahaha... I think I'll leave it there, haha!! ?


    WOW... I was born in't Beverley!! I say wot I like and I like wot I bloody well say!!


    Well, lot's to sift through... DNO or no DNO, that be the question?


    Thanks, to everyone, for their input... I'd best 'crack' on when I move!!


    Cheers and have as best a Christmas, as possible!!


    Regards...?


    Tom 



     


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