[header] How to install a transfer switch [title] Decide which home conveniences you'd like to be generator accessible. [substeps] This usually includes the refrigerator, stove and other essential appliances. [title] Access your fuse box and calculate the amount of power that will be demanded of the generator to run each of these devices separately. 
[title] Confirm that the amperage of needed power does not exceed the generator's capacity. [substeps] The combined amperage may exceed the generator's capacity as long as the instruments aren't running simultaneously.