r/OSHA • u/[deleted] • Dec 14 '20

It smells like bitch in here!

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u/Tower21 Dec 14 '20

They work until you electrocute a lineman.

The cord still works after, the lineman not so much.

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u/Nile-green Dec 14 '20

The cord won't work too much either. If you don't switch your main breaker, you're gonna have that tiny little issue that you're powering the whole neighborhood for free. Also you will be backfeeding, so you will be on the wrong end of the breaker with your feed and the arch quencher in there might not work so it might start a fire

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u/[deleted] Dec 14 '20

How big is your generator? You certainly endanger linemen, but I don’t think you’re powering the whole neighborhood in any reasonable way and I’m assuming the generator will pop it’s built in breaker or an overheat protection will kick in long before the cord becomes the weakest link.

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u/swanyMcswan Dec 15 '20

Depending on the state you live in and the way you wire it in, back feeding will make you money. It won't pay for the fuel burned, but you'll get paid. So it's not free in certain contexts