A portable, done safely.
If a standby generator isn’t in the budget, an interlock kit lets a portable generator power chosen circuits through your panel, safely and legally.
Interlock prices.
What it prevents
Plugging a generator into a dryer outlet with a homemade double-ended cord, called backfeeding, can send power back down the utility line and kill a lineworker repairing it. An interlock makes it physically impossible for the main breaker and the generator breaker to be on at the same time.
The rule that still matters most
Never run a portable generator in a garage, a carport, on a porch or near a window. Carbon monoxide kills people after every Florida hurricane. Run it outside, well away from the house, with the exhaust pointed away, and keep a battery CO alarm inside.
Have a portable? Make it safe.
The generator site, built in seven days.
Sixteen pages: a live hurricane-season clock, a propane run-time calculator, honest generator sizing, and the Florida license number on every page because state law requires it.