Hi Ira,
Not looking for a fight at all. My experience has been that most people do not buy ANY generator, nor make any real preparations for disaster situations. I suspect that down in Florida more people take preparation seriously.
I'm a retired commercial electrician. My genset cord is a 50 amp SO cord (4 #6 awg) with a male 240v cord connector which mates with the 240 v output of the generator. The other end is a female which mates with a male 50 amp wall mounted receptacle. Kind of like a reverse range receptacle. This wall mounted receptacle then is connected to one of two 50 amp 2 pole breakers in the emergency panel. These breakers have a cam type mechanism that prevents both from being on simultaneously. There will be no suicides with my installation
I think we both agree there are advantages to portable and fixed generator installs. One big advantage of the permanent install is you don't have to deal with the neighbor who wants to "borrow" your generator for a few hours
I gave varioous install options thought before I bought the Honda. I actually could have bought a whole-house Guardian at Home Depot for less than the eu6500. It was my 20 year prior experience with Honda generators that made my final choice for me. Lots of people in my area have all-electric homes. Unless they go with a large fixed generator they aren't going to keep warm in the winter. My parents have a log home with a large fire place. Last winter I had to move them over to my place during a 3 day power outage because they could not get their house above 50 degree with the fireplace. They have virtually NO insulation and cathedral ceilings. Looks great, but not very practical, and they have electric furnace with heat pump.
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I'm not sure from your post exactly what you are doing, but if you have constructed a cord such that one end is plugged into the generator, and the other end is a male end that can be plugged into something like an electric dryer outlet/receptacle...those cords are called "suicide cords"