Installation Guide

Hardwire: Process of wiring electric appliances directly into the electric power
supply.
Indicator Lights: See Status Lights
Load Watts: See Start-up Wattage
Loads: A source drives a load. An appliance, component or other device that requires
current to operate.
Meter: Any electrical or electronic device used to measure the amount of electricity
consumed.
NEMA: National Electrical Manufacturers Association. A standard which specifies
the electrical connectors used on plug-in equipment.
Overload: A condition that occurs when the load is greater than the system/device is
designed to handle.
Power Cord: See Connection Cord
Power Outage: A temporary loss of electric power or temporary disconnection from
the electric utility.
Running Wattage: The amount of energy necessary to continue running an appliance
once it has started.
Status Lights: GenerLink status lights are designed to display power conditions with
the GenerLink unit, the utility and the portable generator.
Start-up Wattage: The amount of energy needed to first start an appliance.
This amount is usually larger than the running wattage for appliances with motors
(refrigerator). It is usually the same for appliances without motors (lights).
Sub Panel: Device used in connection with a transfer switch designed to bypass a
breaker panel and limits the amount of load or number of appliances that can be
placed on a generator.
Surge: A power disturbance known also as a transient voltage.
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A brief but extreme burst of energy.
Surge Protection: Any device designed to limit or eliminate transient voltages from
entering power, signal, telephone or data lines.