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.
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Brad [email protected] Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:35:19 -0600 Subject: OT: generator for ice storm To: [email protected]
This is way off topic, but related to a recent thread. I have a 5500 watt generator that might see some usage tonight or tomorrow. In the 2002 ice storm I fed the 240 out of the generator and into my ac 2 pole breaker to feed the electrical panel in the house. I threw the main while doing this and had no problems. Now, thinking about the coming storm I was looking at the possibility of doing this again. Everything you read on the the Internet says you are crazy for doing this and risk frying your generator, killing a linesman, or burning down your house. My question for you electrical whizzes is if I absolutely, positively remember to throw the main when doing this, what are the real dangers then. Is it just warned against because someone _might_ forget to throw the main or are there dangers even if the main is thrown.
TIA,
Brad --
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