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Shirley Said:

Does a 650 watt PSU always draw 650 watts from the wall power?

We Answered:

No, it'll draw whatever the computer components are using. 650 Watts is the maximum that the components can use.

Manuel Said:

Need an info source on how to take my house "off the grid" and run on my own power.?

We Answered:

A Perendev Magnetic Motor? As in a perpetual motion device? Where does this machine get its unlimited source of energy? I would look carefully into that question, because wiring it up to your house.
Anyways, I use to work for a company that installed back up Generac generators that ran off natural gas. What we did was install a seperate electrical box called an automatic transfer switch.
We then would remove the wires from the main electrical box and tire them into the new circuit breakers in the automatic transfer switch. The power from the electrical company was brought into the box from a large circuit breaker with wires that ran from the Main box to the automatic transfer switch. The wires then connected to the two individual legs (Two seperated copper strips) in the new box. The generator was also connected to the automatic transfer switch. Their was a host of wires that ran from the generator to the transfer switch. These included ground, power, neutral, and various sensor wires.
When power to the house was a cut it would trip a solenoid that would switch the new boxes power source from the now dead electrical companies over to the generator. You can buy one of the boxes from Generac or a dealer for $600 to $800. They have all different sizes. A very common one had the capacity of 12 kilowatts of power or 100 amps at 120 volts, which is MORE then enough to power almost any house house. Contact me if you want the name and number of the company that sells them.
You can switch the box manually as well from back up power to the electrical companies power. Their manuals have plans of how the box works for trouble shooting purposes.
Heres a very general sample here. http://www.generac.com/Products/Informat…

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