I have an AC power meter mounted in a 2 gang box with a duplex outlet which I wired up myself. If I want power upstairs, I could run an extension cord up the stairs (50') and connect some lamps. I can plug the microwave into one of the kitchen outlets but will have to be careful that very little else is on at the same time as it uses 14.5 A. The kitchen outlets (refrigerator, toaster, toaster oven) are powered I'll move the coffee maker to a different outlet during an outage. I have all the lights and outlets in my den, which includes the WiFi, router, and TV. The dining room, hall, half bath, living room, porch, and entry are all powered (lights and outlets). I have a two story home and chose to wire up only circuits for the downstairs. It's running right this moment to let me test that everything I'd need/want in a emergency is working. The installation looks very clean (I added an elbow to bring the wires through the drywall and covered the opening with an 1 gang cover plate). I bought the Nature's Generator Transfer Switch panel kit (standard, 4 circuit) and installed it myself. ![]() Let me know if you guys have any questions and I'll be able to help you out. I'll also post if there are any issues or anything like that. Power Transfer Kit - Nature's Generator - Power Transfer KitĪnyway just wanted to share since this is 100% a better option than running extension cords through the house lol. Power Transfer Kit Elite - Nature's Generator Power Transfer Kit - Elite Links are below along with a link to the power adapter for the Elite kit. ![]() Even if you have to pay an electrician, you're only looking at around $400-600 total for the kit and install labor total. Honestly it's already pretty inexpensive though. I partnered with them too to be able to give a 10% discount if you use promo code TECHJEFF as well. Let me know if any of you have questions since I haven't really seen anyone using this! □ It's easy to use, able to power a lot of of the house, and pretty inexpensive. This is definitely the best overall way to use the EV6 as backup power for the house. Here's the video testing the Power Transfer Kit. Here's the installation review of the Nature's Generator Power Transfer Kit Elite. And I probably won't be doing any vacuuming lol.Īny here's a video overview I did going over the details and unboxing. The only issue I'd have is using the microwave along with the furnace, so I'll just need to make sure I turn off the heat if I need to use the microwave lol. I have solar panels with consumption monitoring and everything listed there can all be powered at the same time in my house using 15 amps or less. It's so simple and allows you to actually power the items on those circuits in your house like normal - lights, tv's, wifi router, refrigerator, and even your furnace if you have gas heat. ![]() They install next to your electrical panel and allow you to power actual full circuits in your panel by simply plugging your vehicle in and flipping the switch. I recently found the Nature's Generator Power Transfer Kits though and they are BY FAR the best option I've found. Having to run an extension cord across my house, needing to pull the fridge out, etc is far from ideal. While that works, that always seemed very annoying to me lol. I've seen posts from people talking about using extension cords and power strips to power their refrigerator, space heaters, lamps, etc. Last year in VA we lost power for 4 days and my house got down to 47 degrees. That actually was a reason I purchased the EV6. I love that we can use our car to power our house during a power outage. UPDATE: Added the install and test videos!
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