Re: Running my house from a Generator, can I do this?....
On 13 Jul 2006 07:18:09 -0700, "sparty" <longoja@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I would be turning off the main breaker coming into my house first in
this scenario, wouldn't I be disconnected from the grid then??
You may well be absolutely certain that neither you nor anyone
in your house will never make a mistake and screw that up,
but the last guy to kill a lineman with his generator was
just as certain as you are.
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