bucky wrote:
I found the same thing on our new to us house. I put it to a meter and knew then it was something screwy. Since I want to live a little longer I called an electrician. Same deal, backfeeding a gen set. No transfer switch, but had breakers labeled generator.
My original concern was if it was going to burn down my 5er if plugged in. The way the power goes out around here somebody could have died. The PO was an engineer of some kind, scary.
It had a good ending. Turns out the electrician is also a Generac whole house dealer. Got one coming, and he will install a 50A plug for the 5er as well.
Retired life is good.
Great post.
On another board a moderator posted information about how he backfeed a home with male to male plugs. I called him out about posting this type of information and he never responded.
Folks it's easy to put in a plug and with a male to male plug feed your house. BUT ITS ILLEGAL AND DANGEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIABLE FOR YOU TO DO SO.
Transfer switches and equipment to switch your house to a generator are not cheap but it this is what you need then do it correctly. Then do so with safety considerations.
