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Originally Posted by Belmont Resident
If you have the panel powered without a transfer switch you could put power outside of your house and electrocute someone working on the lines.
A transfer switch is required and works two ways. One to limit power to those items that can be supplied safely and two as an automatic shutoff switch. It prevents back feeding the power outside of your house.
Also I’ve heard that generators at Lowes and HD (Generac)will not be the same as those sold elsewhere. They are in fact seconds that have been repaired or did not meet standards at the factory and thus are purchased as such and sold as first quality at HD & Lowes.
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I think Siksukr is talking about a panel that has a built in transfer switch. He is quite correct that this is the best way to go as it gives you the option of turning on whatever circuit you want in your house and not being limited by a separate transfer switch with a limited number of circuits. It was actually cheaper at my home to change out the entire panel with a built in transfer switch than it was to add a new and separate transfer switch.