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Inverter generator hack 120v powering entire house electric panel

I found a solution to power my entire electric panel (120v circuits only) with a 120v generator. The key is to select critical circuits on either side of your electric panel and balance the load. You can cheat by using a digital meter as I did in this video. The meter will tell you how many amps/watts you are pulling from the generator so that you do not overload the generator. This is NOT intended to power anything big such as your 240v circuits (stove, central A/C, furnace, major pumps, dryer, etc). I happen to own two portable generators. My first generator is a 7.5KW Generac with a 50amp 240v outlet, it can power every 120v circuit plus my 4ton central A/C. It really helped us out after Hurricane Irma for 6 days straight. The only downside to this large generator is noise and fuel consumption. My second generator is this 2.2KW Westinghouse inverter with a 15amp 110v outlet. This is my backup generator in case the larger one fails or if I don't need that much power. The reason I am calling this a "hack" is because a small 120v generator will only power one side of your electric panel. The will depend on your wiring and where your generator is connected (left or right blade of your panel). This is assuming you are back feeding your home through an approved transfer switch of course. I happen to have a 50AMP manual transfer switch installed to feed my entire home with a larger portable generator during an outage. The reason I made this video and found this cool little adapter was because I realized the large generator, while powerful and useful, was very thirsty and it always ran at the full speed of 3600 RPM. If you have an outage and need all that power, then go ahead and use a large generator. However, you may find yourself with an outage and you don't need that much power to get by. Here are two examples; 1). You lose power and the weather is nice enough so you do not need to cool your house. You can use a smaller and more efficient generator, like an inverter, to power your essentials. 2). You lose power and your larger generator kicks the bucket at the worst possible time. It's nice to be able to power essentials with any size generator in case you need to borrow/rent a temporary generator. Here is a link to the 120v 15amp to 30 amp adapter that I found. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07... I hope you found this useful.