hdinsider:

jpoc:

cisconz:

kiwitrc: Speaking of things that make you sh!t yourself, the guy who mows our private road berm was telling me a good trick during a power outage.

He has a generator and figured out if you wire an extension cable with a plug at both ends then you can plug it into your house wiring when the power is off and run the whole house from the generator.

"Shiver"

I have a generator changeover switch for that.
Wouldn't that also power the other houses on his phase on his street?
The amount of 3x 10A Plugs to 1x 32A 3Phase socket with tied neutrals is unbelievable.

I wondered about that but I suspect that the newer smart meters might block it.

They wouldn't be able to stop the feed. They're just metering the power consumption. They're only smart in that they send the power usage back to base without needing a meter reader to look.

No one should ever do this to power their house, but if they did, turning off the main switch would stop the power running back up the street.

DON'T EVER DO THIS.