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RE: Water pump and furnace emergency electrical connections

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Subject: RE: Water pump and furnace emergency electrical connections
From: "Mike Frerichs" <frerichs@tconl.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:36:07 -0600
Don,

Do you have any knowledge of what happened to the person who caused the
back-feeding that killed your friend's son?  I only ask with the idea in
mind that that info might make someone think twice before hooking up a
generator in a less than responsible manner.  

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> I've been following this discussion and decided to see what the local
> power
> company here in south LA. put in their "Electric Service Standards".  They
> should have lots of experience due to the storms we have every year.
> Below
> is what I copied and pasted from their manual. I had expected to see very
> tight restrictions due to local knowledge. My friends son was killed due
> to
> back feeding from a portable generator while he was working on restoring
> service after Hurricane Andrew.
> 
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