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yep, one reason i turned my exterior lights offSo that's where they keep the guns!
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yep, one reason i turned my exterior lights offSo that's where they keep the guns!
There is some truth to that, stay safe brother.So that's where they keep the guns!
oh also my garage door openers have back up batteries so they'll open and close with the power completely out
believe me, when everything was dark, with 3 little kids asleep and just me in my house(wife works nightshift at the hospital) it would have been a bad day for someone to come try to get in my house. at night, i wanted the place to look as inconspicuous as possible.There is some truth to that, stay safe brother.
oh you mean thats not there for the kid to try to hit it with sticks like a pinata??Each door should have a red rope with a handle on it hanging from the hinge where the opener mounts to the door. Pull that and you can open and close your garage doors by HAND.
Millennials.
Been done for a LONG time. I guess if your a complete moron you could get hurt. Backfeed is and has been used a lot.
About as intelligent as advising everyone in the country to just step outside and fire a couple of shots in the air...
Do tell. What exactly makes it so dangerous? I guess you could be dumb enough to grab the hot end of the plug.
You do realize most Americans fall into that 'dumb enough' category, right? After all, Look at all the folks who voted for JoeDo tell. What exactly makes it so dangerous? I guess you could be dumb enough to grab the hot end of the plug.
I know 0 lineman that have been fryed by backfeed. You don't think the power company in some places backfeeds the line? The absolute 1st thing you do is test and make sure its dead and the can isn't heating up the primary. Even more so on power restoration.
I know 0 lineman that have been fryed by backfeed. You don't think the power company in some places backfeeds the line? The absolute 1st thing you do is test and make sure its dead and the can isn't heating up the primary. Even more so on power restoration.
Obviously since you likely don't work in the trade, you wouldn't know of linemen being shocked by backfeeds. But I've heard of numerous cases over the decades I did generator work. Your homeowner's insurance wont protect you if what you did to cause it was illegal, so be prepared for a lawsuit.
Linemen are careful when they approach unknown lines, and check to ensure it's dead. But once checked they begin working, and if somebody backfeeds the line after they checked they can and will get shocked. And since there's a transformer between the home and the line they're working on it also ups the voltage the reverse of normal. So your 220v. backfeed will hit the lineman at 7,000v-11,000 v. at his point of contact.
Obviously since you likely don't work in the trade, you wouldn't know of linemen being shocked by backfeeds. But I've heard of numerous cases over the decades I did generator work. Your homeowner's insurance wont protect you if what you did to cause it was illegal, so be prepared for a lawsuit.
Linemen are careful when they approach unknown lines, and check to ensure it's dead. But once checked they begin working, and if somebody backfeeds the line after they checked they can and will get shocked. And since there's a transformer between the home and the line they're working on it also ups the voltage the reverse of normal. So your 220v. backfeed will hit the lineman at 7,000v-11,000 v. at his point of contact.