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> [The cords] are generally used to ‘back-feed’ electricity to a residence during a power outage by connecting a generator to an outlet in the home. Interestin
by WatchDog 4y ago
> [The cords] are generally used to ‘back-feed’ electricity to a residence during a power outage by connecting a generator to an outlet in the home.
Interesting idea, I suppose so long as you flip the main breaker this can work to electrify your house during an outage.
Dangerous sure, but an interesting idea.
- fuzzfactor 4y ago>Stop Buying Male-to-Male Extension Cords I wasn't about to start buying them anyway. Next time we have an extended power outage I'm going to go ahead and cut the female ends off of two extension cords again, and correctly connect them into one length using wire nuts. Just like after hurricane Ike. You want the generator to be a good distance away from your building, using adequate gage copper in the cord to compensate for extended length. Ideally the building has a useful outdoor power outlet normally used for things like gardening tools, which can be correctly repurposed as an "inlet" during off-grid operation. Slight physical rewiring at the breaker box may be needed especially to account for multi-phase operation. Power tapped from inside the building is then still protected by two circuit breakers which are expected to be properly sized for the normal service. So about 15 or 20 Amps which is not the biggest generator.