daybreak1998
Silver Member
I have a friend who told me his nephew was advised that because he has a 220 plug on his generator it was possible for him to power up his house through the dryer plug. He was told to make sure to turn off the main in the circuit panel before hooking up a wire with a male plug on each end and he would be able to power his house.
Now my friend figures he can do a similar hook up using the outdoor plug (110 volt) by turning off the main and most of the circuit breakers in the panel except the refrigerators (2) and the lighting. He has propane fireplace for supplemental heat.
Am I wrong to think he would overload the 12/2 wire to that outside outlet. He was going to make up a wire with two male plugs to transfer power into the house from the generator on his covered deck?
Howdy,
As you can see from the answers given... NO! don't do it.
Anything can be done...
It does not cost a lot to do it correctly.
Your method will defualt any insurance claim.
Power company can shut you off.
Someone not knowing what you did can kill themselves or others.
Illegal.
Can someone else do it if your not around?
If you have a mainline panel (common find it everywhere type (Like Square D or GE)) there probably is a interlock kit for it. It actually accomplishes what you want to do, but safely. It locks out the main breaker while the generator breaker is on. The generator breaker has to be off for the main breaker to then be on. And, it's safe Interlock Kit installed
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