doing this risks backfeeding down the power line, putting the linemen and others at risk of electrocution. hire an electrician to install a generator panel next to your existing panel/ fuse box and have it inspected. doing so removes you from most liability in case something should happen. even if you don't hurt a lineman, a neighbor or utility worker may assume the power is off and attempt to remove wires on the ground or work on their electrical service and get electrocuted.
On Friday, September 12, 2014 6:42 PM, "Mountain Master mountain953346@yahoo.com [DoIt_Yourself]" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Don't count on it....we forget to do sometimes
do not be cheap on life threatening events of "accidentally"
forgetting to pull the mains- power goes out in the rain, snow
night...you never know...
a cross over installed (typically by an overpriced licensed LOL)
electrician is code...
do not connect generator without proper gear!!!
google...men have been killed by those forgetting
to pull the main breaker!!
a cross over, manual or auto, is cheap insurance
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From: "Jerry Hnidy jhnidy@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself]" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
To: Do It Yourself <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: [DIY] Generator to fridge connection
If you pull the main breaker how can you send power to the main wires?
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Woodhaven, MI
Woodhaven, MI
On Sep 12, 2014 5:38 PM, "Mountain Master mountain953346@yahoo.com [DoIt_Yourself]" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
A generator connected to your main without acrossover switch will put voltage onto themain wires leading to your house and othersThis could kill a serviceperson restoring powerworking on the linesMy generators have a manual switch which isolates thelines from the street (power company) from the house100% isolated. Then and only then you fires uo yourgenerator beast to power your fridge and laptop and etcThis link explains it all....____________________
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From: "Jerry Hnidy jhnidy@gmail.com [DoIt_Yourself]" <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
To: Do It Yourself <DoIt_Yourself@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 12, 2014 1:26 PM
Subject: [DIY] Generator to fridge connection
Before last Christmas, Menard's ran a sale on gas powered generators. So I grabbed one. It stayed in the box until last weekend.After my power failure was 12 hours old, I finally got off my dead butt and opened the box. After I poured in all the fluids, I fired it up.Then I had to pull the fridge away from the wall and get a small child to slip behind the unit and pull out the plug. Then I fed the fridge with an extension cord.Told my neighbor that next time, I was going to pull the main breaker and plug the generator into an outside outlet. Then close the breaker to the outside plug and the fridge. Of course the outside plug and the fridge would have to be on the same side of the breaker box.Neighbor said he had been told that is a very bad idea.Anybody know why?Jerry's Win 8 LaptopWoodhaven, Mi
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