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Isn’t the usual advice to turn off your main breaker? Both to protect a lineworker and to avoid stalling your generator by trying to power up the neighbourhood?
by Scoundreller 4y ago
Isn’t the usual advice to turn off your main breaker? Both to protect a lineworker and to avoid stalling your generator by trying to power up the neighbourhood?
- transcriptase 4y agoI’m not sure I want to see the Venn diagram of people who would buy this cable, and people who would know they need to do that.
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- stickfigure 4y agoKeep in mind that backfeeding your house won't actually work unless you disconnect from the grid. Your little generator cannot power the whole grid. You'll pop a breaker immediately. So even a total idiot isn't going to electrify the neighborhood (though they could cause serious momentary risk). I know a couple people who use this approach. They're some of the most electrically savvy people I know. I don't get worked up about it.
- jollyllama 4y agoThey're out there.
- nisegami 4y agoDo you think the people using this sort of cable acknowledge things like "the usual advice"?
- scarby2 4y agoif you do this you absolutely need to turn off your main breaker.
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- toast0 4y agoBetter advice is to use a proper inlet, with either a real transfer switch, or a mechanical lockout if allowed in your jurisdiction. If you're using a cord like this, you almost certainly don't have anything but your brain preventing you from using it wrong. Brains aren't always enough.