OT: generator for ice storm

[Brad]

This is what I thought as well, but if you read posts on the net about
it, people get their heads chewed off by people who obviously know more
than I do about electricity.  I am hoping there is also no danger of
fire or anything at my home.  It is looking like I may need to do this
given the looks of things.

Thanks,

Brad

On Tue, 2005-01-04 at 15:51 -0600, Ben Kelley wrote:
> I'm in no way an expert, but I have heard about several people doing
> this w/o any consiquinces.
> Also  From what I understand  even if you forgot to throw the main, it
> shouldnt be a real problem unless a lineman happens to be working
> nearby,  this is what is know as feeding the grid,  pushing power back
> to the electrical grid.  Lots of off grid solar equipped people are
> doing this, and in most cases get a check from their power company for
> supplying power back to the grid.  Also I heard a story about the
> Sprint being asked to run their generators at the campus during the
> day to generate their own power, and at night connect to the grid and
> feed power back to the power company.
> But that is all hearsay.
> 
> So in my _nonexpert opinion_,  as long as you disconnect the main, you
> shouldnt have any problems  powering your home.