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  • hayseed
    Newbie
    • Jan 2012
    • 2
    #1

    Generator

    Is it legal to backfeed your house with a generator?
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    • cablefreejunkie
      DK Veteran
      • Jul 2008
      • 1717
      #2
      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
      The control of information is the consolidation of power

      ?I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England to rule the Empire. The man who controls Britain?s money supply controls the British Empire and I control the British money supply.? ? Nathan Rothschild



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        • neilsignum
          Junior Member
          • Nov 2009
          • 38
          #3
          Originally posted by hayseed
          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...

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            • cablefreejunkie
              DK Veteran
              • Jul 2008
              • 1717
              #4
              Originally posted by neilsignum
              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
              The control of information is the consolidation of power

              ?I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England to rule the Empire. The man who controls Britain?s money supply controls the British Empire and I control the British money supply.? ? Nathan Rothschild



              IF I HELPED HIT THE THANKS BUTTON

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                • Grizz
                  DK Veteran
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 1598
                  #5
                  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

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                    • cablefreejunkie
                      DK Veteran
                      • Jul 2008
                      • 1717
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Grizz
                      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
                      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)
                      The control of information is the consolidation of power

                      ?I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England to rule the Empire. The man who controls Britain?s money supply controls the British Empire and I control the British money supply.? ? Nathan Rothschild



                      IF I HELPED HIT THE THANKS BUTTON

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                        • Meat-Head
                          V.I.P. Member
                          • Oct 2009
                          • 32000
                          #7
                          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??

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                            • Catrepairgod
                              Newbie
                              • Dec 2012
                              • 6
                              #8
                              make sure to open your main, so you dont backfeed the grid

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                                • benr247
                                  Newbie
                                  • Sep 2012
                                  • 11
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by Catrepairgod
                                  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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