This has nothing to do with boating.......

I heard that they owned a Bayliner also. :lol: . :smt043
 
Wow, really..:smt017
 
Yeah but it was raining, where else were they supposed to put it?

Besides it was probably easier to connect it to the panel box in the basement.

You guys are so critical.
 
Wow a basement......That guy should get an award for sure!
 
Darwin candidates for sure.

Now a serious question...If a person has a generator and puts it on the back porch and plugs it directly into a receptacle (using a male to male connector cord) won't that power the entire house (assuming he throws the main breaker to disconnect the house from city power)?
 
No it will only power up that line that's it is plugged into.

You're not tapped into the main breaker to power up the whole house. :smt001
 
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Gofirstclass said:
Darwin candidates for sure.

Now a serious question...If a person has a generator and puts it on the back porch and plugs it directly into a receptacle (using a male to male connector cord) won't that power the entire house (assuming he throws the main breaker to disconnect the house from city power)?
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Yes it will put power to the entire panel. You would have to knock off each circuit breaker to prevent that circuit from being powered.

But don't make a power cord with 2 male ends, that is asking for trouble.

Wayne if you open up an electrical panel you would see that the power to each circuit is feed down a bus bar. If power is fed back into the panel it will power the entire panel.

But it is a really bad idea, they do make a special switch and connector for doing this.


Ken
 
Ken, How can that be when the main breaker is shut off ??

Isn't thats why we have breakers for every room. :smt017
 
Gofirstclass said:
Darwin candidates for sure.

Now a serious question...If a person has a generator and puts it on the back porch and plugs it directly into a receptacle (using a male to male connector cord) won't that power the entire house (assuming he throws the main breaker to disconnect the house from city power)?
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Back feeding power into your house through a porch receptacle or any other way is a very dangerous thing to do for the hydro crews that are out working on the lines trying to restore power in your area. :smt018

I highly recommend that you install a proper generator panel that has either an automatic or manual transfer switch that has an integral interlock that will prevent the line voltage and the generator voltage to come in contact with each other. :smt038
 
The Main Breaker is what feeds the whole box but one regular breaker will feed the others. The problem is the line load on a standard 12-2 wire to feed all the other breakers (too small). The Main has huge wire to feed all the breakers and it's 220....not 110V. If the main breaker is not shut off, the generator could feed some power out the Main to the Power Company doing repairs. One other thing....that single line breaker will only feed half the main panel....only one leg of the 220v I believe, Mike.
 
You are exactly correct when you say that only one phase or one side of your breaker panel will be energized. This is a very bad idea for so many reasons ... most of which have already been talked about.
 
so are what we saying: It is acceptable to put a honda generator on your swim platform but never ever take it off your boats swim platform and put in your basement doing a hurricane? :smt021
 
Wayne I think others have answered your question.

Ken
 
Ken, I guess our houses in the U.S are wired up different than yours. :huh:
 
Not really that different Wayne. Our residential voltage here in Ontario is 120/240. Regardless of the voltage, if you were to back-feed your breaker or fuse panel through an outside receptacle, you would be introducing 120 volts to only one phase of your panel and only one half of your breakers would be energized. I am not recommending this practise, but if you had your main breaker turned off to eliminate the possibility sending 120 volts out to your pole or pad mounted transformer, you would be energizing all of the breakers to 1/2 of your panel. If your generator had the capacity to carry all of these 120 volt loads, your extension cord would probably burn up because it's wire size would be insufficient to carry all of these loads. For safety's sake on several different levels, it would be advisable to install an actual generator panel to take care of future power outages.
 
When I built my house, I had them wire in a transfer box. It has a lock out device which has you turn off the main breaker before you can turn on the breaker which the generator connects too. My generator will not power everything in the house so I manually turn off the breakers at the house panel which I don't need and leave on those which I want to have power. I wish I had an automatic one since the power can come back on and I not know about it for a bit but a small price to pay to have lights, fans, tv and fridge all have power.
 
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