Tom: I'm probably going to have a real licensed electrician take a look at what we have in terms of wiring here. This is an old house, and I don't plan on backfeeding anything until I get somebody's opinion who can be legally held responsible forit.
-----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Tom Fowle Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 11:36 To: blindHandyMan Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Re: hooking up generators I was thinking how correct Ron is about feeding back into the main power panel from the generator. Not only do you have to be absolutely sure the main breaker is never never on when your gen is up, but if the mains come up you can get over 350 volts peak across the main breaker if the mains and the gen are out of phase which they surely will be. Now maybe a new breaker is rated for more than that, but I'd not want to trust a unit that is designed for 120 volt service not to break down with 350 volts peak across it. that could cause all kinds of lovely fireworks. Ron is correct, either spend the bucks on a legal transfer switching system or run seperate extensions from the generator to the appliances you want to run when you need it. It's a pain but much better than killing someone or having a big fire. tom Fowle [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
