Generators, where do you put them

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by Guppy

This is the right forum, I DIM , do it myself,,,
A portable on wheels In the shed and Hotwire it to the panel when needed...

Exactly.

flip the breaker that’s feeding this sub panel off at the main panel, then crank up the generator....

Yup.

[basswipe]

As long as you install a transfer switch per code, you can do that.
If you don't and just wire it into the panel, you can backfeed thru the power companies lines and kill or injure the guy doing the repairs.

That or just flip the main on your box and no one dies.Every house has a "switch" already built in...its called the main.

I backfeed thru an exterior outlet and flip the main.Whole house is energized and no one on a pole can die.