Archive for October 2012

Because the generator had to be located away from the house we had to trench to the generator location. After the electrical inspector looked over our work we carefully filled the trench and replaced the grass. This took a little coordination as we had to make sure to contact the inspector and the right time…

We followed Bonney Lake rules for setbacks.  There are many cities that have setback requirements.  Following these requirements can help protect you from a neighbors complaint after the installation is complete. We have Bonney Lake scheduled for the gas inspection.  If you look closely you can see the flexible UL listed gas connection with the…

You’ll never believe it, but part way through this install before we were complete the owners lost power! Three very next day we came back as scheduled to finish the job. The owner is super happy she doesn’t have to worry during the next outage. Which, apparently is bound to happen sooner rather than later.

Our first step was visiting the Mercer Island city call to purchase our gas and electrical permits. This install used a 200 amp SE rated ATS. For a clean look we are going to install the DLM modules next to the ATS to limit the load to the maximum of 75 amps that is can…

The Generac model 5870 provides space for 10 circuits. Amazingly the homeowner only had 10 total (single pole) circuits in the entire panel! Since they have gas hot-water and a gas furnace……..it will be like there is no outage at all. Everything except the oven will be working. Running on Natural gas this will produce…