"Morgans" writes:
"J. Clarke" wrote

If one forgets the main breaker the life one costs may not be one's own.

This issue isn't danger to yourself, it's danger to the guy fixing the
power line that he expects to be cold.

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My WHOLE POINT is that it isn't hard to forget to turn off a main breaker
and connect a cord correctly and it isn't hard to do the whole thing safely.
It isn't.

It really DOESN'T MATTER what your whole point is. Pretty much
every single utility in the united states of america wlil require a
transfer switch (and an inspection by the utility and
potentially the local building inspector) prior to an emergency
generator being connected to the grid. You **** up, and besides the
possibility of killing someone, you'll lose everything you have in court
to the victim(s).

And in an emergency, it is quite easy to forget to pop the main breaker.

I would highly recommend that "Jim in NC"'s advice here be ignored.

scott