Well, the guys doing the line repair to the 8kv line in the last storm
certainly didn't ground that line. They repaired the line by removing
the tree that was on it, flipped in a new fuse and POW! right in the
lineman's face. He dryly observed that there was probably another tree
on the line that they should have checked for.

While YOU may do things correctly, I always worry about someone else
that comes along and either buys the property or does it in your
absence. The two that come along fairly regularly on this NG are hooking
up gensets and running welder ciruits. Hooking up gensets should be
intuitive to a "helper" that your wife got to come over when you were on
a trip (or whatever). Welding circuits can be deliberately overbreakered
(as allowed by the NEC) but what happens when you sell the house, get
infirm, or whatever. The NEXT person uses the circuit for something else.

Don Foreman wrote:
On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 02:59:56 GMT, RoyJ wrote:


I think I want a genny
that makes 220 so I can just pull the main breaker, plug the genny
into a welder outlet and power the house, being very selective about
loads of course.

Please don't do that!!! I prefer to see the Excel guys stringing wire,
not swearing at folks back feeding power on them.


Not to worry, Roy. I'll not zap a lineman doing his job.

Matter of fact, they ground dead lines to avoid hazards from fools.
I'll have visible air between genny contacts and grid contact.

My training as an electrical engineer 40 years ago included some work
with thick wire and lab work requiring an overhead gantry crane.
Computers were for grad students.

I'm probably not as smart as you are, but I can assure you that I
won't be zapping any linemen.