Re: Reminder: Never connect a generator to home wiring without transfer switch

["Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>]

I've been following the thread.
If I'm dumb enough to back feed through the transformer into the downstream
side of the downed line, how is it going to be a problem if linemen are
grounding the phases on *both sides* of the work area.
That's what Ben seemed to be implying.

-A

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 9:09 AM Mel Beckman <mel () beckman org> wrote:

> Aaron,
>
> If you read back in this thread (using the NANOG mailing list archive),
> you’ll find this has been explained in great detail. In a nutshell, phase
> grounding won’t help if a generator is energized from the customer end, and
> this technique was discontinued in the 1970s due to the many deaths that
> resulted.
>
>  -mel
>
> On Aug 30, 2021, at 9:02 AM, Aaron C. de Bruyn via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
> wrote:
>
> 
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 7:35 AM Lady Benjamin Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE <
> lb () 6by7 net> wrote:
>
> > Yes, this is a real and dangerous problem.  Today.  Even with grounding
> > I’m afraid.  Source: I’ve been working in an engineering capacity for 27
> > years and I have the license you’d need to build a nuclear power plant.
>
> Would you care to educate me on this?
> If you ground the phases on both sides of the work-site, how are you going
> to end up being a better path to ground?
>
> -A