Edit: I was not expecting a sticky and such an outpouring of support. I've decided to try and find an electrician after much suggestion. Thank you for the love and support. You guys are awesome!
Weird question.
My fusebox is in my basement, where I've pretty much stocked up for Armageddon. I'm wary of letting an electrician into my home to install fuses and switches for my power generator so I'm thinking about doing the install myself.
I was wondering if anyone might be able to assist or provide a step by step with my set up?
Thank you
You are "wary" for a reason. If you have no more knowledge of generators and electricity than you are presently demonstrating, my advice is DO NOT install a generator yourself. There are way too many bad things that can happen, to you and to others. Everything involved from sizing the generator and wiring, to interfacing with the electrical service and distribution panel NEED to be done correctly. Is there anything involved that you can't do? No, it's just that all of it needs to be right. Hire a licensed electrician for your safety and peace of mind.
He could do all of the legwork himself (pour the pad, set the generator, pull lines) and then bring in electrician for the balance. Just offhand tell the guy that your college daughter is moving apartments and you're storing her extra furniture/stuff (under the sheets) until she gets settled. So long as he doesn't see bunches of ammo boxes stashed in plain sight, regular re-used boxes from toilet paper, booze and cereal on the front row wouldn't arouse any suspicion.