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hayseed
5th January, 2012, 02:39 AM
Is it legal to backfeed your house with a generator?
cablefreejunkie
5th January, 2012, 12:15 PM
if you mean run your house electrics from a generator no,but if its a noisy polluting one you might get complaints,unless youre in the middle of nowhere :)
neilsignum
7th January, 2012, 12:44 AM
Is it legal to backfeed your house with a generator?
Totally illegal for good reasons!!
Most people who do this (illegally) use a 13Amp plugtop on each end of a extension lead so a standard plug goes into the generator (like anything would) but the other end is also a plug that is plugged into an ordinary socket - seems like a great idea until you touch the very live sticky out pins - probably why they are called 'widowmakers'.
Also if the power is off in your house and you connect generator to house (safely somehow - not a widowmaker!) then the poor guy from Manweb in a wet ditch WILL die when your house current lights him up like a Xmas tree, because he knows the power is off, and no-one is stupid enough to back feed a house as it might kill someone other than the householder...
cablefreejunkie
7th January, 2012, 01:02 PM
Totally illegal for good reasons!!
Most people who do this (illegally) use a 13Amp plugtop on each end of a extension lead ..
backfeeding is not a good idea as the above method is illegal,but if you plug into the genny and have a socket outlet on the other end then no problem
Grizz
7th January, 2012, 01:23 PM
you have to install a transfer switch to isolate the genny from the mains and prevent workers being fried
Transfer switch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_switch)
cablefreejunkie
7th January, 2012, 02:20 PM
you have to install a transfer switch to isolate the genny from the mains and prevent workers being fried
Transfer switch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_switch)
true,i think im getting confused
im simply referring to using a genny for power and not actually hooking it up to a consumer unit (backfeeding)
Meat-Head
13th January, 2012, 08:18 PM
rumor says if you have a MASSIVE MASSIVE monster genny, if you ever start it, 'BY LAW'? you are required to call the electric co and upload to the grid!
Unless this is a left over law from WWII??
Catrepairgod
2nd December, 2012, 11:14 PM
make sure to open your main, so you dont backfeed the grid
benr247
16th February, 2013, 10:25 PM
make sure to open your main, so you dont backfeed the grid
why pv systems feed into the grid in a similar fashion
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