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On Sun, 16 May 2010 18:57:59 -0500, "Pete C." wrote:


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On Sun, 16 May 2010 00:01:32 -0500, "Pete C." wrote:


HeyBub wrote:

Han wrote:
"Pete C." wrote in news:4beed29a$0$26646
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A generator solves that problem along with the defrosting freezer and
stumbling around in the dark problems.

But, but, you need tospend money to buy a generator and whatever
switching is required so as not to kill the electric company's
linemen.

It was the linemen who installed the infrastructure that fails for two weeks
when a larger than average bird roosts on the wire. Who cares if they die?

Perhaps. But the fact is that there has never been a single documented
case of a utility lineman being killed by an improperly connected
generator. In every single lineman fatality related to a generator, the
cause of the death has been the lineman not following procedures which
specify that every line must be tested and grounded before working on
it.

You've just defined the cause differently. No one dies from jumping out of
tall buildings, either, but dead is still dead.

Nope, I didn't define the cause of death differently, I defined it
accurately. Cause of death - "Electrocution due to failure to test and
ground the conductor before handling it" - that's it, period. It makes
no difference the source of the electricity.

You're either a liar or simply stupid.

Nope, but people who think these poor linemen were killed by some
careless person with a generator are irrational and emotional.

The procedures for working on lines in the field state that *every* line
must be tested and grounded before working on it without full protective
equipment. If that procedure is followed, it is not possible to be
electrocuted regardless of whether a power co generator is online or a
home generator is online.

Every single lineman fatality related to a home generator is the result
of their own carelessness in not following procedures.