Author: Simon Whitworth Date: To: Eric McCord CC: Miata Power List Subject: Re: NPC: Having problems back feeding my house with a generator
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Eric McCord <atomiccarlton@???> wrote: > I have to agree with the problem being in the household breaker panel. I
> have a Emergency Power Transfer Switch kit that I purchased with my
> generator last winter. I have yet to hook it up but it wires into the
> household breaker panel and controls 6 circuits. It is rated for generators
> up to 8000 watts. It isolates the circuits from the house panel. I paid $200
> at Lowes. Made by Reliance Model Number 30216BRK.
In my opinion a transfer switch is the only safe way to go, I'm sure
your utility company would agree. The don't like having linemen
electrocuted because someone was backfeeding their home through a
dryer outlet and forgot to to turn off the main breaker when running
from a generator in a power outage. The thought of live male connector
pins on the cable feeding your 220v outlet also seems so wrong.
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