This is what I thought as well, but if you read posts on the net about it, people get their heads chewed off by people who obviously know more than I do about electricity. I am hoping there is also no danger of fire or anything at my home. It is looking like I may need to do this given the looks of things.
Thanks,
Brad
On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 15:51 -0600, Ben Kelley wrote:
I'm in no way an expert, but I have heard about several people doing this w/o any consiquinces. Also From what I understand even if you forgot to throw the main, it shouldnt be a real problem unless a lineman happens to be working nearby, this is what is know as feeding the grid, pushing power back to the electrical grid. Lots of off grid solar equipped people are doing this, and in most cases get a check from their power company for supplying power back to the grid. Also I heard a story about the Sprint being asked to run their generators at the campus during the day to generate their own power, and at night connect to the grid and feed power back to the power company. But that is all hearsay.
So in my _nonexpert opinion_, as long as you disconnect the main, you shouldnt have any problems powering your home.