On the counter at my local electrical wholesaler is a new unit just CSA approved that plugs inbetween your meter and the meterbase.....
You pull out the meter....meter plugs into tranfer switch.....then transfer switch plugs into the meter socket....you local electrical inspector will need to inspect it also...
There is a outlet on the side of the transfer switch that the generator plugs into...

This will not work for centeral metering....

price...wholesale...you dont get alot of change from $1000.00 cdn.

GuyFawkes
there was another thread, 4 ways to mount a lister and gen head for belt driving, which way to go, various answers were given, and not knocking any of those answers, but not one answer mentioned the original lister start o matic, and you can bet your ass lister project managed that design and came up with the best possible answer, camshaft towards gen head, because if you're working on the camshaft it ain't running and they already sited the head low enough and far enough away access is never a problem, and you'll never spill oil on the head or belts their way either, and of course belts and cranking side are opposite to each other.

I figured this quote would more helpeful in this thread for people starting some project planning...the only way to make intelligent planning is to have as much information on the project as you can get....thanks for all the help everyone..

Cheers
Tugger