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Portable Generator Hookups in Spring Hill, FL
Inlets, Interlocks, and Manual Transfer Switches|Inlet Placed for Open Yard|Licensed & Insured, EC13011268
Have the generator's model number handy when you call.
In the aftermath of Hurricane Irma in September 2017, a portable generator caught fire on the back porch of a Spring Hill house, and the house was lost. On a generator hookup, one decision sets where your generator runs every outage from then on: which outside wall the inlet goes on. We settle that first.
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The 2017 Porch Fire
A Porch Fire After Irma, and the Wall Your Inlet Goes On
Hernando County firefighters were called to the home after a generator exploded on a back porch. Both people living there got out and called 911. Crews found heavy fire and smoke, and the flames spread into the attic. Investigators said the generator caught fire and the fire spread to the house, and firefighters asked everyone to use extreme caution when placing generators near homes.
Without a hookup, a generator has to sit wherever its extension cords can reach the appliances. With one, it runs at the end of one heavy cord plugged into an inlet on an outside wall, so the inlet's location decides where the generator sits from then on.
Placing the inlet for the yard spot
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission tells owners to run a portable generator outside only, at least 20 feet from the house, with the exhaust pointed away, and not on a porch or in a carport. So we start with the patch of open yard where yours can sit, and put the inlet on the wall that faces it. A back-porch wall, the wall beside the garage door, and the spots under a window or the roof overhang are the ones we steer away from. The cord is then chosen to reach that spot.
Where our work stops:
We don't install standby generators or automatic transfer switches, and we don't do generator maintenance. We connect portable generators.
How the install is laid out
Yard First, Then the Wall and the Cord
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1. Where the generator will run
At the estimate visit, we walk the outside of the house with you and pick a level spot in the open yard that you can reach with the generator during a storm.
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2. The wall that faces it
The inlet goes on the outside wall nearest that spot, and the run from the inlet back to the panel follows from there.
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3. The cord length
We tell you the cord length the spot needs, so the generator doesn't have to move closer to the house to plug in.
Can the generator run on our screened lanai if we leave the screen door open?
Our inlet is already on the back-porch wall. Can you move it?
The only open yard is in front of the house. Can the inlet face the street?
Where does the cord go when the inlet is on a side wall?
Estimates
Pricing a Generator Inlet in Spring Hill
We don't do upfront pricing. No job has a standard price with us: each one is tailored to the property and the work you've asked for, and priced once we've seen it.
We offer free estimates on installs, upgrades, and replacements in our service area. Estimates aren't free when the job needs troubleshooting or testing to price, falls after hours or outside our service area, needs several meetings to gather information, or is new construction or a custom remodel with multi-party walk-throughs. For most jobs, estimates arrive by email by the end of the next business day, and quotes are good for 30 days.
Custom homes and large or multi-phase projects are estimated as soon as we can, or on the timeline your project sets.
Our warranty
03If something we installed fails because of our workmanship within 30 days of completion, we waive the hourly labor to put it right. Materials Kennedy Electric purchases for your job carry the manufacturer's one-year warranty. To replace defective materials we supplied, or materials damaged by storm, flood, fire, or other acts of God, we charge a reduced warranty labor rate of $50 an hour residential and $75 an hour commercial. The warranty does not cover materials not purchased by Kennedy Electric, work performed by the customer, or materials the customer purchased or damaged. Our warranty terms are printed on the estimate, the invoice, and the receipt, and the product boxes stay with you so you can register each product with its manufacturer.
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Pick the Inlet Wall With Us
Send the generator's make and model and say which side of the house has open yard, or call the office during business hours.