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..... I house it in a wooden 'dog-kennel' style cabin; even if it's raining?

I have had a weatherproof outdoor socket fitted at home as we suffer from many power cuts. The idea was that our generator would provide basic electrical supply to power the home comforts such as a light and tv or radio or a small fan heater or a small wattage oven/hotplate until such time as the mains power re-activates.

Obviously I cannot use the generator if it is raining (big draw back there!) but I wondering whether I could build a purpose built shelter for the generator, akin to a dog kennel but without the large opening, and be able to safely use the generator even if it was raining?

The cable would not touch the floor and I could affix it so that it looped down from the socket and up to a point where it disappeared into the shelter. A grommet should stop any rain ingress where the cable enters the shelter. I would need to think carefully about venting the shelter to allow exhaust gases to escape but other than that, can anyone see any obvious reasons why this could/should not be done?

Defender

Quote: Originally posted by Defender on 26/11/2009

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Fear not Floggitt! I've had a standalone waterproof external socket fitted wired solely to a standalone twin socket in the lounge. I opted for a socket with an RCD incorporated but have since found that this was unnecessary due to the 'floating?' RCD of the generator. It's not connected to anything else apart from taking an earth for the (now redundant RCD) from a nearby socket. It was wired in by a qualified electrician about 2 months ago. Sods law we haven't had any power cuts since!

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