This section has to do with how to tie your power into any alternative/emergency power source. If you do it wrong, it is illegal, not covered by insurance, & you can kill yourself & burn your house down.
Generator hookup
--Inexpensive Residential Generator Hookup subPanel that can switch between utility/generator with a Model Q02-DTI Interlock from Square-D to go with a Square-D panel (not only brand option). The interlock is a simple little rocker lever which will mechanically flip off one switch when the one next to it is flipped on. This allows you to choose the source of power for circuits you have on that subpanel, & won't let both be on at same time. You select the circuits you want to use when the grid goes down on this separate subpanel, & all the circuits you don't care about on the other panel. When the power goes out, you flip the interlock on the critical subpanel, so that it is pulling from the generator instead of the utility company.
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