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The tank capacity was arbitrary. A home heating oil tank around here is ~ 250gal and fairly cheap. Power outages around here *tend* to be short but have lasted a day or so in the past. Theft is an issue here, why I'd lean to having the tank in with the genset. btw, thanks everyone for the...

If I connect to the house wiring at all it will be through a real transfer switch that properly isolates the "grid" from the house. I had the impression the 10/15 kw diesel gensets were quieter than the high revving gas gensets? If for some reason I can't or shouldn't do that I'm stuck with...

Yes, Mass has some "interesting" rules. Some make sense and some just mystify me. I have found (at least in my town) the code folks will throw up obstacles to anything outside of the norm. If I already have the answers they give less argument... And if my master plan is way off base, I...

:grin: Yeah, I know there are a hundred and one ways to do this wrong and many/most of the code regulations represent someone's hard learned lessons. So of course my main interest is not killing myself or anyone else, followed closely by not damaging my or other property. Beyond that I'm...

How illegal and how unsafe is it to install something like a MEP003A or 004A in a detached garage/barn/shed, fireproof vent the exaust, power vent the building, stick a 250gal tank in the corner and a manual transfer switch to power the nearby house in a power failure (and the garage as needed...