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Any scheme like this where you use a dryer outlet or dedicated breaker to backfeed power from a generator into the panel can potentially be very dangerous and is a big-time code violation!
The danger comes if you (or someone else in your household) forgets to turn off the main breaker first. If that happens, if you're lucky the generator will try to power your entire neighborhood and its breaker will trip. If that does *not* happen, most likely you'll be feeding power out of your house to the wires at the street, potentially electrocuting someone working on the lines who does not expect them to be energized.
The "right" way to do this sort of thing is either with a real transfer switch (either a whole-house one or one that feeds selected circuits), or an interlock kit where you install a dedicated breaker in the panel for the generator, and it mechanically prevents that breaker and the main from being turned on at the same time.
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Eric Law
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Posts in this Thread:
- Generator Advice, rich p, Tue, 6 Nov 2012 07:10:13
- Re: Generator Advice...Propane, RMinNJ, Mon, 12 Nov 2012 04:50:31
- Re: Generator Advice, rich p, Fri, 9 Nov 2012 08:55:07
- Re: Generator Advice - Honda+, Keith , Wed, 7 Nov 2012 08:41:23
- Re: Generator Advice, Name Left Blank, Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:21:08
- My solution 3500 watt, overhead cam gasoline generator, Notnoel , Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:13:58
- I own one and have never used it, MI-Roger , Tue, 6 Nov 2012 09:00:57
- Re: Generator Advice, Noel, Tue, 6 Nov 2012 08:04:17
- Not worth it., dmz789qqq, Tue, 6 Nov 2012 07:37:02
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