6854 has been installed by others and did work. Not sure if 6854-1 is different.
I first had the 6852, same as the 6854 but without the plug. The electrician I hired had me get the 9854 because it has larger gauge wire. I have a 40 amp sub panel working off my generac panel which serves my finished basement. But yes, this type works with the PB when properly installed
It will be interesting to see how it's connected. I believe if you add a secondary panel you are supposed to remove the bonding screw on the secondary panel. Probably a lot of people don't remove it... I wonder if this could be the difference between working and not working in some situation. Anyway I spoke to an electrician this week-end and he always switch the 2x hots and the neutral on the generator panel as this is the safest way. I know several members don't share that thought
Yves mentioned removing the Bonding screw in the secondary panel. The key is the neutral ground bond must be done in only one place, likely the main panel. However check with your electric company as mine requires the bonding be done outside in the meter box. They tell you to remove the screw in the main panel when installing it and bond in the Meter box when they hookup to it. Again the key is only one place.
Thanks for sharing your findings. I don't get why people would not connect the ground between each electrical boxes and plugs. In my mind this is a dangerous pratice not doing it.
Many people dont see the grounds as necessary. As far as my father goes, He was as surprised as I that he used the wrong cord to connect the generator. Only thing he can think of is it was just something he had laying around because everything else is correct. Just not the flexible cord that goes to the generator itself.
I only have an inlet and an interlock kit. I had to lift the ground off in my generator cord in order for the bonded-neutral in my truck to work with this setup. I ran the whole house, including heat pump water heater, heat pump air conditioning with no issue... Really stressed it out running the microwave and it lagged a bit getting the microwave to turn on but it still ran it no problem.
The 6854 can handle 8 breakers and up to 10 if you use tandem. " 8 circuits, expandable to 10 circuits; accepts standard, tandem, GFCI and arc fault breakers". So my guess is yes you can replace the double 30A. I would believe the internet providers have some power backup as well but you have to make sure that your internet's equipment is connected to your panel. This is easy to verify....turn off all the breakers of your generac panel and confirm if you still have wifi.got this installed today. is it possible to swap the two 30s out? im not using the dual 30s, although looking at it now we probably could have done upstairs ac?
i dunno. whatd you guys pick? this'll give us living room, fridge, one bathroom, internet, and furnace. i dont even know if internet works in a power outage. lol. open to feedback.
I'm not sure what type of breaker would fit in the Generac panel but if you could use something like this, https://www.canadabreakers.ca/products/dnpl153015, you would be able to keep your 30A for your AC and gain 2x 15A circuit. I would recommend that you talk to your electrician as I don't know much about the Generac product. Potentially someone in this forum have the answer....
