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Author: Robert McElwee
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To: NoGood
CC: Miatapower List
Subject: Re: NPC: Having problems back feeding my house with a generator
There is no load at all on the house circuits. All breakers are off.

Not sure about the polarity (didn't think that matters on AC). Wouldn't be
much trouble to swap it but since the plug works fine on everything EXCEPT
the house wiring I'm not sure how that could be it. If I get a chance I'll
test it in a bit.


On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:06 PM, NoGood <nogood123@???> wrote:

> Is your house pulling too much current for the generator. I had to live
> off a 6k generator for about a year and you can't have many things running
> at the same time. I really saw the efficiencies of those CFL bulb vs
> traditional bulbs when I was on the generator.
> My generator would buck and moan if I put too much of a load on it, maybe
> yours just trips the gfci
>
> Another idea is that if it is the GFCI tripping maybe it is the polarity of
> your plug wiring.
>
>

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