RE: Generator Safety

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

This was 15 years or so ago...

...he has a proper changeover switch arrangement now (albeit manual).

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha.diyha@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 28 February 2001 11:58
> To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Generator Safety
>
>
> THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU MUST NOT DO !!!
>
> apart from the fact that if someone unplugged the gennie from
> the house
> while it was running there would be exposed LIVE pins, If you
> forget to
> remove the main fuse then you RISK KILLING SOMEONE.
>
> It IS ILLEGAL and EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.
>
> DO NOT DO IT
>
> Keith
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Phil Harris [SMTP:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	28 February 2001 11:41
> To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject:	RE: [ukha_d] My UN-automated Home :-(
>
> Not that I'm recommending this as a course of action or even
> saying that
> it's safe or legal but a friend of mine when I was at
> university lived in
> an
> area that was always suffering power cuts. They had several
> small UPS to
> stop the heating dying on a power out and keep stuff like the
> VCR and mains
> powered clocks / lamps alive and which betwen then would give
> them enough
> time to get the gennie up.
>
> They had a little Honda which was rated at (about) 3Kw and they would
> connect it to the mains supply of their house by a cable
> which had 13amp
> mains plugs on both ends. To avoid powering outside the house
> then they
> would pull the main fuses from the incoming mains to the
> distribution box.
>
> It worked...
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha.diyha@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 28 February 2001 11:31
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] My UN-automated Home :-(
> >
> >
> > When Mark wired the house I believe he had a separate
> > consumer unit for
> > "essential" services wired via a changeover switch with
a
> > socket to plug the
> > generator in. He  just neglected to get the gennie!!
> >
> > If anyone is considering fitting a generator, A CHANGEOVER SWITCH
IS
> > ESSENTIAL.
> > You cannot simple connect the generator to your mains supply
> > for a number of
> > reasons.
> >
> > 1. Your self generated electricity will feed out of the house.
> > At best - you will light up your neighbours houses.
> > Slightly worse - your generator will be overloaded and
> > possibly blow up.
> > Worst Case - YOU WILL KILL THE ELECTRICITY BOARD ENGINEER WHO
> > IS TRYING TO
> > RESTORE POWER
> >
> > 2. There will be an enormous bang and lots of smoke from your
> > generator when
> > the mains is restored.
> >
> > PLEASE CONSULT A QUALIFIED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR IF YOU WANT
> > A GENERATOR
> > HOOKUP.
> >
> > Sorry for the shouting but this is Life Threatening stuff and
> > should not be
> > taken lightly.
> >
> > Even BT dont try to run everything in a building despite
> > having huge engine
> > sets in the power rooms. Stuff like electric heating and cooking
is
> > disabled. Some of the lights are also not operational. If you
> > have gas or
> > oil central heating you only need a small amount of
> > electricity to drive the
> > boiler and pump etc.
> >
> > If you want to run EVERYTHING you are talking serious money
> > in the 10K+
> > range. Even Autostart does not come cheap as you not only
> > have to start the
> > generator, you also have to have contactor controlled changeover
and
> > restoration of power.
> >
> > Be safe
> >
> > Keith
> >
>
>
>
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