[Cialug] Mailling List Admin

[L. V. Lammert]

>  It isn't how good the disconnection is that they are worried about,
> it's the possibility that someone will neglect to flip the breaker once.
>  with the DPDT it's impossible to power the line from your generator
>socket.
>
Spokey by a true theorist! No portable generator has enough load capacity
to power the entire area [called backfeeding]. If you don't flip/open the
main breaker when hooking up a generator, there's no way the generator is
going to carry the load for the rest of the neighrborhood.

The only issue with main disconnect is if you already ARE disconnected,
and the lineman tries to connect the drop. Certainly an issue, but, while
a safety risk, using a main breaker to disconnect when switching to
generator power is certainly doable. If you have enough knowledge &
experience to manually hookup a generator, you most likely are
knowledgeable enough to disconnect the main breaker - if you forget, you
will trip the breaker on the generator for an ahaha moment.

Tripping the breaker onthe generator is also very likely to happen if you
have GFIs on the generator and UPSs connected TO the generator. Make sure
the generator does NOT have GFIs if you plan to use it for household
backup.

	Lee