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Originally Posted by JoeC1947
Who ever wrote this warning is lacking electrical training. The first rule is to never assume that the power is off. Always check the line with a meter. However, someone could fire up a generator after checking the line with a meter I suppose.
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Never, ever, back feed into you house system! Even if they do a check and find voltage where there is supposed to be none, they WILL move on to another area. They WON'T work on those hot lines, and they won't go looking until everything else is done. All you really accomplish is slowing down the repair process.
We were in the middle of several typhoons as well as 2 level 5 typhoons. Typhon is a Pacific hurricane, same thing, different name. Been there, done that. Our worst one knocked out water for 6 weeks, power for 12 weeks and the island had no gasoline because the storage tanks went up in flames due to a lightning strike. The good news (?) was my employer issued us home generators and gasoline to run them. We also had water delivered to us daily. Still not fun!
Don & Kaz