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If you have an electric dryer you can plug into that 220 outlet...
In Response To: For the electrically challenged like me ()
and power the entire house. My dryer is on a 30 amp circuit so my generator, which has a 20A 220 VAC output can safely be run on that circuit. That puts 4 kilowatts into the house and potentially powers every circuit. So I can run my fridge, furnace and well.
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- DQOTD for you electrical types
- Wow good question.
- You still have the potential to throw the main and fry a lineman.
- Fumes?
- I do something similar with my 5 kw generator...
- You will only power up half the house with 120V
- Andy, I use the 220 outlet on my generator...
- For the electrically challenged like me
- If you have an electric dryer you can plug into that 220 outlet...
- don't need to install a circuit breaker
- You will only power up half the house with 120V
- You'd want to run it into a 240 v plug...
- I've seen this done before
- Likewise
- re post in right place
