[Cialug] Mailling List Admin

[murraymckee at wellsfargo.com]

I don't believe that that the power company considers 'turning off the main breaker' sufficient isolation from the line.

Murray McKee
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-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of L. V. Lammert
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 1:36 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Mailling List Admin

On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 murraymckee at wellsfargo.com wrote:

> OH oh,  No double pole, double throw disconnect?  Don't let the power
> company hear about it or they will disconnect you until it is installed.
> They're paranoid about their linemen getting shocked from a 'dead' power
> line.  And if I were a lineman I would be too.
>
You missed the 'flip the main breaker off':

> I flip the main breaker off, plug in the patch cable from the
> generator and off I go, it takes only a couple of minutes.
>
Unfortunately, that's problematic with a split bus panel, .. for years I
had to pull the meter to power up the generator.

	Lee
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