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Article #623381Re: off topic All-electric homes
From: JimP
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:51
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 15:51
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On 30 Apr 2018 04:36:24 -0300, Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> wrote: > >J. Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> writes: > >> As long as it is installed to code with GFIs and the whole nine yards. >> Now, plug a generator into it and run the house and if he happens by >> he's going to want to see your isolator that keeps current from >> flowing back into the power lines. He's not going to be happy to take >> your word for it that you'll flip the main breaker. And they have >> somebody who is paid to ride around and look for things like that. > >Um, we have inspectors and bulding codes here, too. The distinction >is that my system does *not* "run the house". Individual freezers & >fridge get plugged into an extension cord from the woodshed. Most of >our electric lighting is swag or other lamps so they can be plugged >into the cord as well. It would require an inspector who is both >stupid and officiously belligerent to assert a spurious case that such >an arrangement violated code covering the installed wiring. > >Of course, in some (sub?)urban venues, running a gasoline engine on >your property might be a violation of something or other. This year's ARRL Field Day in June, using gas generators are no longer 'alternate powered' radios. It has to be solar or a windmill. So my station was a 1E, worth points for someone to talk to, is now a 1D station. They get no points for talking to me. What gets used after a tornado or hurricane ? Gas powered generators.
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