Labman
ArboristSite Guru
This has been a bad winter. In the real world, there are some houses setting abandoned that were worth less than the owners owed on them before the pipes froze up and burst while the power was off. Just what the banks need now. Others have a generator plugged into the dryer outlet chugging away with or without being disconnected from the grid.
When push comes to shove, many people are going to do something. The double male cord is cheap, easy, and may be gotten away with. Even if you don't disconnect from the grid, in most neighborhoods, something is quickly going to give when a small generator tries to start up every refrigerator on the block. Others, people pigtailed the furnace or boiler and survived without breaking the law.
When it comes to telling people the double male cord, pull the meter, etc. is a bad idea, people are more likely to listen to another DIY than what they may see as self serving advice from a professional. Unfortunately people have been lied to by ''experts'' with an agenda so many times, they no longer trust them and often disregard the truth. This should upset people, but it is the way it is more and more.
Levels of competence vary. Those that disregard the 60 watt max sticker on a light fixture shouldn't even be changing light bulbs. Others are quite capable of doing extensive projects in a safe, workmanship like fashion. Certainly capable of putting a pig tail on the furnace and maybe installing a backfeed breaker and an interlock, the cheapest, easiest, legal way to connect a generator to the house wiring.
Now I need to get out in the garage and finish the brake job on my truck.
When push comes to shove, many people are going to do something. The double male cord is cheap, easy, and may be gotten away with. Even if you don't disconnect from the grid, in most neighborhoods, something is quickly going to give when a small generator tries to start up every refrigerator on the block. Others, people pigtailed the furnace or boiler and survived without breaking the law.
When it comes to telling people the double male cord, pull the meter, etc. is a bad idea, people are more likely to listen to another DIY than what they may see as self serving advice from a professional. Unfortunately people have been lied to by ''experts'' with an agenda so many times, they no longer trust them and often disregard the truth. This should upset people, but it is the way it is more and more.
Levels of competence vary. Those that disregard the 60 watt max sticker on a light fixture shouldn't even be changing light bulbs. Others are quite capable of doing extensive projects in a safe, workmanship like fashion. Certainly capable of putting a pig tail on the furnace and maybe installing a backfeed breaker and an interlock, the cheapest, easiest, legal way to connect a generator to the house wiring.
Now I need to get out in the garage and finish the brake job on my truck.