An auxiliary box is placed near the main box. A switch is mounted so that the aux-box feeds either from a bar on the main box or from the generator. The circuits that need to be powered by the generator are then moved from the main box to the aux box.
For me, that's the pump, refrigerator, microwave (!), and the main lighting circuits.
As for multi-fuel: not necessary.
If you are using a gasoline generator, you just need to rotate your supply. Since you have a tractor, I assume that you are already rotating supply.
If you choose propane, you exchange a lot of little headaches for one medium sized one. It doesn't go bad over time, but you do have to concern yourself with keeping the tank(s) full enough for an emergency.
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Date: 2008-12-16 06:12 pm (UTC)An auxiliary box is placed near the main box. A switch is mounted so that the aux-box feeds either from a bar on the main box or from the generator. The circuits that need to be powered by the generator are then moved from the main box to the aux box.
For me, that's the pump, refrigerator, microwave (!), and the main lighting circuits.
As for multi-fuel: not necessary.
If you are using a gasoline generator, you just need to rotate your supply. Since you have a tractor, I assume that you are already rotating supply.
If you choose propane, you exchange a lot of little headaches for one medium sized one. It doesn't go bad over time, but you do have to concern yourself with keeping the tank(s) full enough for an emergency.
My $0.02 + tax.