Thought this might be of interest. Last friday, the power company must have sent out blanket phone calls ahead of a potential ice storm. I answered the phone at work and it was a lengthy message. Part of it was a couple of reminders about back up power generators.
They stated that when running your back up generator, don't run it indoors, and make sure you open the main breaker and disconnect the circuit.
Now I thought that was something you would never hear from a power company, instead I was thinking they'd state you would have to have code compliant transfer switch or tell you you cannot back feed without the transfer switch.
Is it legal in any form to back feed given the inherent dangers to linemen ? If illegal, wonder why the message seemed to condone this practice.
They stated that when running your back up generator, don't run it indoors, and make sure you open the main breaker and disconnect the circuit.
Now I thought that was something you would never hear from a power company, instead I was thinking they'd state you would have to have code compliant transfer switch or tell you you cannot back feed without the transfer switch.
Is it legal in any form to back feed given the inherent dangers to linemen ? If illegal, wonder why the message seemed to condone this practice.