Timeline for How to ground 240v generator
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| Sep 12, 2023 at 17:13 | history | edited | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 12, 2023 at 17:02 | comment | added | Greg Hill | @user253751 Not to mention the fact that, even if powering the neighborhood somehow worked out, eventually the utility power will come back on -- chance are utility and the generator will be out of sync and the generator will be violently forced to align itself (mechanically) to the electrical speed and phase angle of the grid power. | |
| Sep 11, 2023 at 20:58 | comment | added | crip659 | @user253751 I doubt most people even realized that generator power can even feed back though the main breaker/meter. Power off, the generator powers what they want. They don't care about the neighbourhood or the lineman since they are only powering their stuff. Which is true if they use an extension cord to plug stuff into. | |
| Sep 11, 2023 at 19:30 | history | answered | manassehkatz-Moving 2 Codidact | CC BY-SA 4.0 |