On 8/25/21 11:11 AM, Jay Hennigan wrote:
The question that Ethan raised makes sense, however. If power to
several blocks is out and I connect my little 2KW Honda to my house
wiring without a transfer switch, because transformers work in both
directions my generator will see the load of the whole neighborhood.
This will immediately and severely overload the generator and at best
cause it to stall out or trip its output breaker, at worst to fail
catastrophically.
I know that a nearby house burned down and was blamed on back feeding
the grid. I assume that it failed catastrophically. Bad idea all around.
Mike
