#42, No I didn’t. If I had installed a permanent residental unit I would have.
I just back feed from my Pole Barn/Shop panel to the main panel in the house.
I over did the size of line and breaker when running the electrical from my Main House panel to the shop so all I needed was a 220v. outlet wired appropriately for the generator to the shop Panel.
Thanks for reply. I have my generator in a covered area behind my workshop/toolshed, with an extension cord running to the house to provide power to the workshop. During power outages, I run the extension cords into the house from the generator. Been too lazy to hook up the switching panel which would provide power to the whole house. Can't run a dedicated line to the workshop because of toolshed rules here, the way I built it. Your solution to back feed sounds great otherwise.