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Rich White Central, IL USA
'63 TR3B TCF###L
That ain't a scrap pile, that is my car!
> Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 15:18:50 -0600
> From: dmscheidt at gmail.com
> To: shop-talk2 at mcfetridge.org
> CC: shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Running power to the shop
>
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Ian McFetridge
> <shop-talk2 at mcfetridge.org> wrote:
> > sent from wrong account the first time:
>
> >> This powers the garage and the house? B This seems much simpler compared
> to
> >> the two conductors my electrician suggested. B Am I missing something?
>
> Yeah: John's way is not code, not safe, and not a good idea. If the
> main breaker isn't shut off, the generator will try and power the
> whole neighboorhood. That's likely to not work well, and can (in
> theory) endanger someone working on the lines who expects your side to
> be dead. That's a bigger problem in your house: it creates a
> situation where the main disconnect is disconnected, but the branches
> are still hot. Yeah, you're not terrilby likely to be doing wiring
> in a power outage, but it's still a bad idea to subvert the safety
> expectations.
>
>
> --
> David Scheidt
> dmscheidt at gmail.com
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