The red wire goes to one terminal on the breaker and the black goes to the other.

How to wire a generator into a breaker box. How to wire a generator into breaker box. Next, insert the 8 by 3 cable wire to the outlet you want to plug your generator in. Install your new breaker in the freed up space in the upper right of your breaker box.

Connect the attachment cable from the house to the generator. Start the generator and let it warm up. Set the breaker in the housing in the service panel where you want the circuit to reside.

Rock the circuit back and forth: Run the wires from the transfer switch into the breaker box by denting commodious holes at any part of the box. Portable generator transfer switch the guide for 2020 from generatoradvisor.com.

Once you have made space for the generator power breaker at the upper right corner, make sure to connect the red wire to one. You will want it to be a few feet away from the generator. Fix the two black wires into these screws.

Run one hot wire on single poles and two hot wires for double pole breakers. Select the desired voltage and turn 15 degrees to connect fully. A ground wire will also need to run through the same bar on which the circuit breaker is connected.

There should be two screws without any color. Install the two black wires each into the two colorless screws and. Setting up your generator to a powerhouse with no transfer switch.