Joe:
I found the Briggs unit not too bad to work with. Actually I found it a lot easier to install than the Generac my boss has at his house.
Only problem I noticed as well with the briggs is when I fired it up for the first time it did not seem to run right, sounded like it had a misfire and the voltage was fluctuating with a very light load. Maybe the mixture is off or something I am not sure but I am going to look into it Tuesday and see if there is a problem.
The unit we have installed does not have that "upgrade" to allow "control" of heavier loads, it just has a set of N.C contacts that will open and lock-out something when the transfer switch is transferred to "GEN".. Might have to use them to lockout the Dry-O-Tron compressor if I can't solve the problem by using a "kickstart" on the Dry-O-Tron.
I too have a back-up gennie, just a lil' "4500W continuous" Kodiak model.. I can run two refers, a freezer, my furnace and central A/C as well as a handful of lights with ease.. I used one of those "kickstart" hard starting devices and that helped bigtime. That and I wired a 2 min time delay into the A/C control, that way it gives the reefers and freezer a chance to start first.
A.D
[This message has been edited by Rewired (edited 11-12-2006).]
