Installation and Operation

Your KOHLER residential backup generator system can be sized and wired for your home in one of two power distribution scenarios:

Essential Loads Power Distribution - SEE HOW IT WORKS.

This scenario supplies electrical power only to those devices you've pre-selected to receive power during a utility outage or power interruption. These devices are wired through a secondary, or essential loads, distribution panel. This allows a smaller generator to be used.

Examples of devices and appliances that may be considered essential are:

• Furnace
• Lighting
• Sump pump
• Refrigerator/freezer
• Security system

Whole House Power Distribution - SEE HOW IT WORKS.

This scenario enables you to power all devices in your home with the generator, as if they were using normal utility power.