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• DQOTD for you electrical types
  • Wow good question.
    • Good feedback Gene
      • The only thing I didn't touch on...
    • You would need an inline fuse on the plug line.
      • A decent generator has circuit breakers on each of its outlets
        • Yes but the point was made that the generator's breaker might be too high a value
          • Not a problem as long as you use some common sense about what you power up..
            • I agree. The 120v breakers on my generator are 15A anyway
  • You still have the potential to throw the main and fry a lineman.
    • That scenario would obviously require guarded or protected operation
      • I disconect the neutral wire at the panel too...
        • The neutral is supposed to be bonded to ground (only) at the main service panel
          • The system in the house is grounded to a ground rod...
            • According to my reading, you shouldn't have more than one earth ground
    • Tape the main down, and tag it!
      • screw tape ... if you cannot lock the box, then
  • Fumes?
    • Good advice Travis. I've seen that happen at my house.
  • I do something similar with my 5 kw generator...
    • You will only power up half the house with 120V
      • Andy, I use the 220 outlet on my generator...
      • For the electrically challenged like me
        • If you have an electric dryer you can plug into that 220 outlet...
        • don't need to install a circuit breaker
  • You'd want to run it into a 240 v plug...
  • I've seen this done before
  • Likewise
  • re post in right place
    • Those "hanging pigtails" sound a bit "iffy"
      • Agree