Let me guess load or a safety reason or some code?

how cares if ppl say anything about that tell them to F-off lol

@@Casonplayz I would say the load + the way you would have to back feed the house.

Just a tip, the wipers may well be due to some coating on the window (do you guys have Rainex or something over there?) once it coats the wipers they're almost worse than useless. Having done a LOT of night time commutes on rural winding roads, I would recommend a completely clear windscreen with high quality wipers - let the wipers do what they're meant to. Snow foam melts right through unwanted windscreen coatings. You will probably need new wipers or to give them a snowfoam bath.

@stampynate007 emergency lights come on when the power goes out to provide instant illumination

That's awesome lol. I had problems with my last non-inverter generator was putting out two dirty of power led lights did not like it. The neighbours you'd think would get their own set up if they were that upset about it. But then I guess they'd actually have to spend money so that's not as easy as complaining about your neighbors…

How can someone be angry at the fact that you were more prepared than they were? lmao

@@nics-systems-electric That was the problem with the diesel, the power was dirty and my UPS's didn't like being powered by it during the power outage and kept switching on and off running their batteries down. I also heard that the control boards running your furnace HVAC system can be damaged by dirty generators. Another things you might want to consider is backup communications. In a wide spread outage the outside plant equipment run by the Telco's will be powered by battery backups in the cabinets. Some key cell sites will have generators but you'll likely start to see a degraded cell service as the outage continues and sites die off. This is why I keep a Starlink satellite system as backup communications as it's not dependent on anything locally. Use WiFi calling on your cell phone or also have a VoIP account. You also live in a earthquake zone so being prepared can be lifesaving. You might also want to consider getting into HAM radio, I think a guy like you would love it.

@@allenesibe9842 They think we're crazy being preppers then they are jealous haters when they $hit hits the fan!

@@peterfairlie2296 hey you got a ham license? We can do make shift KZfaq qsl! Fr :)

Yes it most definitely is

Good thing there's a generator powering all the lights so that you can run around and silence all the annoying alarms.

that genorator sounds just like my lawnmower starting, it is so loud, if you leave the key turned for to long, it will shoot out black smoke and have a ruff startup.

Yeah it's definitely nice to see all your work doing as it's supposed to

I think you can hear if it’s running

@@Obnoxiouswolf2not if you’re inside, find someone else to hate on 😂

I would only worry if the light on the generator house is on, but the "rest" is still dark...

Absolutely it's definitely really nice to see your work actually doing what it's supposed to. Even more so when it doesn't happen every day.

Thank you. There is a 10 second utility loss delay and it usually starts within about 8 seconds so 18 seconds in total is usual delay

@@nics-systems-electric yes. My Generator take 24 to 30 seconds to restore power. Yours is much faster

I work in the field for the electrical utility in my state. The power lines usually have 2 shots to restore power when it trips off. 1st shot is immediately after tripping it closes back. If it trips again, it waits 20 seconds then closes again. If it trips a 3rd time it locks the breaker out and personnel have to physically check out the reason for the trip and manually reset the lockout switch. Me personally, I would wait 21+ seconds before starting the generator, if immediate power is not a necessity... Also the 20 seconds is what the huge electrical utility i work for uses for their relay settings recloser shots and may be different in other areas. If anyone is wondering why we reclose the breaker on a possible fault... The explanation I've been given is that lots of squirrels birds snakes etc will get across the lines and cause a fault... Usually they will have fallen off by the 1st or 2nd shot.

There is a delay for cool down time but a delay on start up would slow down response time that's why you don't see generators with that and that's why there's a block heater on it to keep the engine warm and to keep the oil viscous

There are plenty of generators around with delayed startup. I work in radio comms, most of our sites have battery backup/UPS to maintain the equipment supplies for an hour or two, so the generators are set to start after about a minute. No point in starting up every time the lights flicker, particularly as the sites are all unmanned. I’d also be worried about the instantaneous switch back to utility with no break. If you have any reactive loads, they’re going to take a pretty hard hit if the generator is way out of phase with the utility. It either needs a break of a couple of seconds or sync the generator to in incoming supply before switching.

@@petesmith2234 the switch over is fast but that's the same as many of the generator I've seen so I'm not sure what it's going to hurt. There's nothing I can do to change that operation of the transfer switch. And mine doesn't start every time the lights flicker the power has to be off for 10 seconds which is actually faster than most that are 3 seconds that I've seen.

I think you’ll find that any decent system will either back sync the generator to the incoming supply and then do a make before break switchover once in sync or at least wait until the generator is naturally close to sync before doing a break before make, they don’t just switch when the contacters feel like it. Any reactive loads will suffer massive inrush and potential damage. Spinning machinery (I.e. motors) will suffer a massive torque spike and potential damage. If you’re not understanding this, maybe a bit of research on reactive loads and spinning machinery is in order. I’m not trying to be an a-hole, but it is a thing. Regarding start times, don’t rush if it’s not safety of life. Much of what I work on is, but it has at least an hour of battery. I have witnessed a generator at a transmission site repeatedly starting and stopping when the utility supply was being provided by a temporary generator which couldn’t cope. The starter motor was smoking and the batteries could barely crank the engine. If only the delays had been set a bit longer it either wouldn’t have tried to start or would have kept running. Either would have been better. Just saying, I love your enthusiasm, but not all is what it seems at first sight.

@@petesmith2234 yeah I get what you're saying I just don't think I have any equipment that would be hurt from it no big motor loads. All the really sensitive stuff is on UPS. I think the only way I could have a delay transfer back would be to install a time delay relay on the contactors coil. I can't find any schematics for my transfer switch so not sure how it's wired. It's a go power TS-50 and it doesn't make it obvious how it's working.

Flashing green is a pedestrian controlled intersection

@@nics-systems-electric Ah ok, Thanks for the Clarification. I never knew that

Thank you absolutely

I don't know how that would be any problem

​@@nics-systems-electric the problem is, when you have power and all the others don't, you might get some not so friendly visitors...that's why I prefer a solar system with batteries attached...silent and nearly invisible...solar on the roof and batteries in the basement...no one can see it, unless you switch on lights and music and throw a party 😂

@@westallgaeuereisenbahnen you must be in a very sketchy area. Someone could also just go to the fire department up the road that has power during a power outage I'm not the only one

Indeed!

Also, that German Shepard of yours is absolutely adorable! Is the doggo playful and friendly?

Also, also, that was perfect timing on the generator's part for starting up the moment you stepped outside.

It's strange they are less then a year old and usually they're just fine

Absolutely

Thanks!

@@nics-systems-electric Anytime

Yeah unfortunately I didn't get the heavy rain on camera

Yes for sure

Thanks, it is definitely nice to see it all working. It's a 200 w led

@@nics-systems-electric Actually 200 watts consumption or 200 watts equivalent? Regular LED street lights are only around 50 watts so your light must be really bright.

@@eDoc2020 200 W consumed. 50 W would be a quite small street light never worked on one that small as far as any type of HID lamp 50 W is usually only for small wall packs

Unfortunately not practically possible

@@nics-systems-electricdoes a 10k watt generator exist? or 28k watts

@@hanks-dances-stuff yes there are generators that are over 1,000,000 W

They do seem to be pretty quick

If you had three separate transfer switches otherwise you have to have them synchronized

Just trying to get things to stop beeping stresses out the dog

For as long as it has fuel so probably about 12h in the tank and I can add more if needed

Do you think you would ever do a propane/butane conversion on your generator?@@nics-systems-electric

@@ElliottVeares wouldn't think so as we don't have either

I was thinking more of portable propane/butane tanks with the generator to give longer run time than the built in gas tank does, but whatever works best for you.@@nics-systems-electric

That would require another automatic transfer switch in the house so it would need a emergency source ran to the house and then an automatic transfer switch and then circuits separated into a separate emergency panel circuits moved from entirely different locations of the house and separated as there are mixed circuits it would be a very expensive project and very challenging with a lot of work that would be damaging to the house trying to move circuits from entirely separate locations so it's not really possible

@@nics-systems-electric You could always run just a 15 amp circuit to the house and install some of the orange emergency power outlets thought the house. This way your family will have access to power to run devices in an emergency and it would be convenient for them in bad weather not to have to go outside to the garage. Also if you have a forced air gas heating system you could keep it going too.

@@peterfairlie2296 it's possible but not easy it would require excavation and pipe to be buried and ran into the house. And since I would never make money back on that project nor would it be used enough it's not worth it for the small amount of time that the power is out they can use power from buildings fed off the generator with extension cords if they need. Mitigating the risk of having two different power sources in a residential building where it may not be obvious to the next person where a splice combining sources could be very dangerous

Well, at least have the fridge and freezer on an emergency circuit.

@@Game_Blox9999 do you realize what that would involve?

That is how all homes standby generators are and we don't get flooding here

Hey I'm good, hope you're doing good. Can't speak for the new one as it only went for the 20 minutes or so the power was out. But the old one will go for three or four hours usually.

​@@nics-systems-electric That's cool I've been thinking about installing emergency lights in my house, I just have the small plug in emergency lights that are night lights when the electricity is on, You definitely have a special talent your very intelligent that's totally awesome I learn something cool from all your videos 😎

Thank you I get very few positive comments on my homemade set up I appreciate it

@@nics-systems-electric no problem man..

us too!

Huh?

do you mean like the fire alarm system reports it to the power company?

I get a sudden temperature change could be harmful specifically if it's cast but I don't think the water is getting in that far if that was the case it would be no good driving in the snow or rainstorms. We have lots of heavy rain and flooding living on the coast I've never seen anyone have issues with puddles

It would, but it can't power the whole house.

Glad you enjoyed. Generator doesn't power the house for several reasons it would require excavation additional transfer switch and emergency panel and would require damage to the building and would be too much load

There is a large damper on the other side of that automatically opens supplying sufficient airflow they're always will be a slight reduction in flow when door is shut due to a less direct path

When you spent thousands and been waiting years for your equipment you've designed and programmed and installed it's nice when it actually gets a chance to work

Thanks, if you are referring to the arrow on the floor that one was from Covid that came from a school district and for whatever reason I wanted to put it there lol

@@nics-systems-electric Ahh that makes a lot of sense, thanks for replying!

I have it so I can work on stuff in the yard at night the big lights don't stay on all night our neighbours don't care it doesn't go into their yard much at all

Gas, we don't have propane or natural gas so it Hass to be a diesel or gasoline generator

There's no better method of testing than experiencing the actual scenario you're preparing for.

Can't

@@nics-systems-electric how about exploring solar power? you should try investing in it soon as it's a great source of almost free energy

@@dragonfireproductions790 it would be a cool thing to do however I would need financial support when it's a project for the house not just for me. It would be hard to have a system that is capable of keeping the house going when we are fully electric

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Too much load and you would need to excavate for underground emergency power to go to a automatic transfer switch and then install an emergency panel it would be thousands of thousands of dollars and a lot of work and the generator can't run it anyway

@@nics-systems-electric im thinking too is a bad idea and yes im right bad idea of mine...sorry 😅☺️😔

We had problems with them they did not offer what I needed problems with false alarms and reliability and no customization options and no low frequency devices