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   From: not.going.to.be@seen.com   
      
   Jon wrote:   
   > I. GENERATOR TRANSFER CIRCUIT   
   >   
   > The service wire is 000.  I'm not even going to attempt a contactor for   
   > that.  I'd have to wire it hot and there's too much risk.  All I'm going   
   > to do is make a fail-safe circuit to protect the generator when the   
   > power goes back on.  It's only a 10kw generator so I'm using 120vac coil   
   > contactor with contacts rated for 90amps.  I'm going to use the spare   
   > wire from the house to the barn to signal when the grid goes back on.   
   > That will open the circuit and shut down the generator.   
      
   A potential candidate for the 2010 Darwin Awards?   
      
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