The switch is designed for surface mount, but there is a flush mount kit... For 50 plus bucks... I recessed mounted mine, and will trim it out with something. A full length mirror on hinges goes over the whole area anyway.
I ran 23 feet of liquid tite flexible conduit to the outdoor box and wired it with 8 awg stranded THHN. It is set up for 30 amps, but can be upped to 50 in the future if needed without needing to pull new wire...just swap out the twist lock inlet and I'm good to go. The switch can handle up to an 8000watt continuous rated generator. I currently have a generac rated at 5000 watts continuous.
I get six circuits on the switch, I lose the doorbell, one exterior outlet, the gfi in the bathroom, and the dedicated washer and dryer outlet, and my central a/c. The washer and dryer is no problem because there is a 15 amp outlet immediately to the right of them on another circuit. Only one will be used at a time in a backup situation, so I'll just swap the plugs in an outage, no big deal. With proper load balancing the generac can run my whole place including window a/c units should an outage occur in the heat (as it often does). The key is load balancing, which my transfer switch easily allows.
I am also working on gutting and renovating my 8 x 10 gable shed to house and run the generator. It is going to be insulated, lined with fire rated Sheetrock, and vented by a 1600 cfm exhaust fan. Nothing will be in there except the generator when it is running. Once this is complete, I will extend my inlet box a few more feet so it is in the weather protected shed. I will post pics of that project soon, thought that may have to wait until sometime in the spring.
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