In article ,
(Chris Lewis) wrote:

Precisely.

A friend of a friend suicide-corded his generator into his house,
and the generator promptly smoked within seconds of firing up.

He forgot the main breaker.

[It managed to fire up because the generator is automatically
not connected during startup, and "engages" when the motor is
up to speed. At which point it started belching smoke and stalled
out.]
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Chris Lewis, Una confibula non set est
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.

all that means is you haven't a clue about what just happened, and what
was happening down the line.....

Me