EMERGENCY alert for Reefers across Houston (1 Viewer)

[steveb]

And you're throwing all the breakers to protect the electricians repairing the grid, right? I heard about the chord that you're using but heard it's extremely harmful to the guys working to get the system back up.

Glad you mentioned it. I was going to. They should turning mains breaker off when back feeding into the electrical panel. But to be compliant they should be using a interlock or transfer switch to protect utility workers.

Can I plug a generator into a dryer outlet

I have an electric dryer with a 30 amp circuit running to it. If I had a male-male plug to run from a portable generator to this outlet, would it be safe to run essential appliances (water pump,

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[ShipWrecked]

And you're throwing all the breakers to protect the electricians repairing the grid, right? I heard about the chord that you're using but heard it's extremely harmful to the guys working to get the system back up.

You can't backfeed like that with a small generator.

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