[Novalug] UPS/Generators

[Andrew Beals]

Which is why it's commonly called a "suicide cord".



On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Ed James <edward.james at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oops, forgot to mention...when the power comes back on, and
> the generator is turned off, the generator end of the jury-rigged
> cable is now hot because the cable is plugged into a live circuit.  It
> still
> looks like a normal ("never hot") male plug, and a slight slip-up
> can create a not-slight problem.  And quite often, after a long
> outage, people are not at their mental peak and oopsies can
> easily happen.
>
> Ed James
>
> On 8/2/12, Ed James <edward.james at gmail.com> wrote:
> > ...The double-male cord
> > also has a "hot" male plug on it (the not-generator end) which is
> > something that normally does not occur.  Thus, extreme care needs
> > to be taken so that it's never touched or dropped in the wrong place,
> > or shorted out...
> ...
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