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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3200085" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>Agree that a transfer switch is best. It will need to be installed by an electrician. Saw a deal the other day where an auto generac system was put in and once the main was tripped off the switch over was less than 15 seconds which is great but I agree that the cost is exorbitant. A place I worked at many years ago would do something similar to dennishoddy backfeeding power into the structures being worked on while they were in the assembly line. We literally had a stubby cord that had a male on each end to feed power from a wall outlet into the house so lights and such could be turned on while work was completed. In a pinch I would do something like but only just to get by and you have to make sure the mains are off or that the circuit you are feeding is off with no chance of backfeeding the grid. Don't want to be feeding power to the neighborhood for one and potentially create a hazard for a linesman out there trying to restore power on a circuit that should be dead.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 3200085, member: 29706"] Agree that a transfer switch is best. It will need to be installed by an electrician. Saw a deal the other day where an auto generac system was put in and once the main was tripped off the switch over was less than 15 seconds which is great but I agree that the cost is exorbitant. A place I worked at many years ago would do something similar to dennishoddy backfeeding power into the structures being worked on while they were in the assembly line. We literally had a stubby cord that had a male on each end to feed power from a wall outlet into the house so lights and such could be turned on while work was completed. In a pinch I would do something like but only just to get by and you have to make sure the mains are off or that the circuit you are feeding is off with no chance of backfeeding the grid. Don't want to be feeding power to the neighborhood for one and potentially create a hazard for a linesman out there trying to restore power on a circuit that should be dead. [/QUOTE]
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