Converting Your Honda Generator for Home Use.

If you experience frequent electrical power outages or your area is susceptible to severe weather, a change over (transfer) switch can help you safely power your home or business using a Honda portable generator. Honda Portable generators can provide comfort, safety and security during electrical power outages and emergencies, and can be installed temporarily during these situations. A Honda portable generator must be connected properly to protect electrical utility workers, family members and property. Improper connection of your Honda portable generator and change over (transfer) switch system could void your homeowner's insurance in case of accident or injury.

A manual transfer switch is the key to safe and convenient operation of Honda portable generators for standby power. By isolating those circuits using generator power, a cahnge over (transfer) switch eliminates the risk of backfeeding the electrical utility, which can cause injury to workers and property damage.

By installing a change over (transfer) switch at your circuit breaker box and connecting a Honda portable generator to the change over (transfer) switch, you can run selected circuits for appliances such as a central heating, refrigerator/freezer, television, computer, printer or lighting circuit during a electrical power outage, depending on the capacity of your Honda generator. Since many Honda portable generators cannot handle all of these loads at the same time, the change over (transfer) switch allows you to manually transfer each of these loads separately whenever you need them.

Determining which circuits you will require during an electrical power outage is the first step in selecting the proper wattage Honda generator and change over (transfer) switch. Since most home appliances operate intermittently, a 3000 watt generator can provide adequate power to circuits for the most common appliances, such as central heating, lights, refrigerator, freezer, microwave oven, and TV.

If your home has a deep well pump with up to 1 HP motor, a 5000 watt Honda generator will be required to provide the starting capacity for the pump. Larger wattage units can be selected for simultaneous starting and operation of multiple appliances.

If you are unsure of the correct Honda Generator model to meet your needs please feel free to contact us on 01379 853495.