aemeijers wrote:
Smartass wrote:
(bad advice snipped)

Are you simply trolling or something? What you propose is dangerous and
often illegal. This very same topic comes up on here every couple of
months, and the method you propose always gets smacked down. There is a
reason they don't sell double-male-ended cords. They don't wanna get
sued when a spouse, neighbor, or power company guy gets electrocuted.
Sure, you know what is going on. But what if you are injured, dead, or
out scavenging supplies?

It's not just that, it's putting the entire load of the house backward
through a 240V outlet, and expecting the wiring and the breaker to
handle the whole house current.

On Nov 24, 2:27*pm, SMS wrote:
aemeijers wrote:
Smartass wrote:
(bad advice snipped)

Are you simply trolling or something? What you propose is dangerous and
often illegal. This very same topic comes up on here every couple of
months, and the method you propose always gets smacked down. There is a
reason they don't sell double-male-ended cords. They don't wanna get
sued when a spouse, neighbor, or power company guy gets electrocuted.
Sure, you know what is going on. But what if you are injured, dead, or
out scavenging supplies?

It's not just that, it's putting the entire load of the house backward
through a 240V outlet, and expecting the wiring and the breaker to
handle the whole house current.

It's not a problem to backfeed a generator through a double breaker.
A 30 amp dryer breaker can handle anything up to 7kw. I agree, it's
dangerous and illegal. It is very critical that you disconnect the
main first. There is a slightly more expensive way to do this using a
pair of breakers in the top position with a mechanical lockout between
them and the main. There is a company that sells such lockouts. It's
just a sliding thing that requires the main be off before the top set
of breakers can be on and vis-versa. Would not work for the op since
he has 6 mains.