Reminder: Never connect a generator to home wiring without transfer switch

Ethan O'Toole telmnstr at 757.org
Wed Aug 25 13:59:57 UTC 2021


>>  Back feeding electric power into the utility lines is dangerous for the
>>  repair crews working on utility lines.
> Same advice applies to solar or stationery storage inverters. Typically,
> these are automated enough to disconnect from the grid after an outage, 
if
> you don't have a local battery; or the battery inverter will isolate 
away


How would this not load the generator or inverter into oblivion?

(Just curious, I know people who use a suicide cord usually turn 
off the main breaker.)

 		- Ethan


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