I am aware my windshield wipers squeaked in this video it is not a normal problem they are less than a year old. And the generator does not power the house for several reasons I have a video on that https://youtu.be/0EXjqxSqpiY?si=N4WMLsAmVIQ3Y15x

You might get some neighbors enquiring about how you had power. Back in 2013 after a big thunderstorm we lost power from 7PM till midnight. I ran my entire home off of my 6000 watt diesel generator. That night my mom lay on the couch the whole time watching her favorite cooking shows like nothing was going on! The next day I had several neighbors come over asking about the generator. One of them seemed a little pissed that I was also running my Christmas lights too. he said to me "We sat in the dark for 5 hours looking at your Christmas lights" I actually had them on as extra resistive load to help stabilize the generators AVR. Since then I sold the diesel and now have a propane inverter generator which is much cleaner to run.

I work in IT and I configured the UPS's for our server rooms at two buildings. As someone whose been through outages, it's pretty cool to see your setup in action in a real utility power loss situation. Your generator setup is rad, ditto for the annunciator panel setup in the house.

You should definitely implement some delays in your generator setup. For example a first delay after generator started before switching to generator, to give it some time to warm up or your generator may have a short live. And then a second delay when utility power comes back, before stopping the generator for two reasons: first, what if power goes out again and second, to let the generator cool down without load. I would suggest for the second delay around 5 min and for the first delay at least one minute

I love your generator status light on the outside of the generator shack! Such a great way to make sure it turned on as it should!

Just painting enjoying some guns n roses when BAM, IT ALL HIT lol

Also check with neighbours if they are reliant on electricity for health reasons- you could be a  life saver

Congratulations! Aint nothing like finally getting a successful start after all the work and lessons learned. That’s the beauty of engineering. Failures are like milestones to the sweet feeling of success which is more satisfying the longer it takes to get to the success and the more the failures.

Great Job Nic.  Your generator starts and restores power beautifully fast.  About 6 seconds FASTER then my Generac 24kW on my house.  That is absolutely incredible!

Bros was just vibing to Guns N’ Roses 😭

If this was a residential street in the UK, you'd just have house alarms going off all over lol

Bro has excellent music taste. Super cool to see that the system is working!

Bro listened to Guns n Roses

Nic I think it's time to get some new wiper blades for your car my friend. Looks like they were skipping a bit during the video. Just looking out for ya.

Wow! That was pretty cool to see everything turn the second the power went out. Impressive how fast the Generator restored power. Also I've never seen a Traffic Light flash green before.

Congratulations! There's nothing more satisfying than a system that works perfectly

Brother you are the best engineer ❤😊love from India🇮🇳

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it is what it is mate. that sounded very Australian. as of i like watching full videos with your friends it shows you funny side.  as of in illinois it is usually very short about 10 seconds outages in winter

The only downside is that during a grid down situation, your house is like a light house to everyone else without power.  Granted you have exceptional puppies for personal protection.