The legal way to do it is to install a new breaker, a sliding metal plate that only allows the new breaker to be flipped on when the main breaker is flipped off, and a male wall socket. But that’s expensive and requires permits.
The cheap and easy way is to flip the main breaker off, stick a male-male cord into an existing wall socket, then stick the other end into the generator. But that’s illegal, and could be dangerous if you forget to flip the main breaker off, or plug into the generator before the wall.
Connecting a generator to a house.
The legal way to do it is to install a new breaker, a sliding metal plate that only allows the new breaker to be flipped on when the main breaker is flipped off, and a male wall socket. But that’s expensive and requires permits.
The cheap and easy way is to flip the main breaker off, stick a male-male cord into an existing wall socket, then stick the other end into the generator. But that’s illegal, and could be dangerous if you forget to flip the main breaker off, or plug into the generator before the wall.