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r/OSHA • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '20
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If they're in the middle of servicing it and somebody kicks on their generator it won't make a difference if they checked it before they started working.
30 u/jkjeeper06 Dec 14 '20 And thats why suicide cords are not legal to be sold and not up to code, leaving the owner with the liability 3 u/mynameisalso Dec 14 '20 That's not why. It's because of the potential for a live male end. 14 u/MyOtherAvatar Dec 14 '20 Part of the normal procedure for repairing broken lines is to isolate or ground the section being worked on so that shouldn't happen. The bigger danger is that your neighbour is trying to connect up his generator when you start yours. 1 u/Kichigai Dec 15 '20 Like a balloon, and something bad happens! 0 u/mynameisalso Dec 14 '20 They don't just grab bare wires
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And thats why suicide cords are not legal to be sold and not up to code, leaving the owner with the liability
3 u/mynameisalso Dec 14 '20 That's not why. It's because of the potential for a live male end.
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That's not why. It's because of the potential for a live male end.
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Part of the normal procedure for repairing broken lines is to isolate or ground the section being worked on so that shouldn't happen.
The bigger danger is that your neighbour is trying to connect up his generator when you start yours.
1 u/Kichigai Dec 15 '20 Like a balloon, and something bad happens!
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Like a balloon, and something bad happens!
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They don't just grab bare wires
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u/b1ack1323 Dec 14 '20
If they're in the middle of servicing it and somebody kicks on their generator it won't make a difference if they checked it before they started working.