fine except welder plug backfeed PTO Power Genera

Posted by buickanddeere on January 09, 2005 at 16:04:31 from (64.10.41.55):

In Reply to: PTO Power Generator posted by Mike Larson on January 09, 2005 at 08:40:44:

Generally figure 2HP per KW for starting reserve on motors and not beating the engine to an early death running at steady 100% power.
If running just resistance loads you can squeeze about 1KW for every 1.5HP driving the generator in a pinch.
There is three small generators sitting in my shed that used to have grand plans. Turns out the price of rigging a 1800 or 3600rpm drive, connections etc. It was cheaper to purchase a complete running generator.
Sigh...........As for back feeding any receptacle and worse yet feeding 120V and 240V loads from a three prong back fed receptacle.
Hang around a generator sales and repair shop after outages. After you get past the excuses, people who know better still make mistakes. Smoked the generator etc after trying to supply the neighbours or got paralleled out of phase with the utility.
As for safety, I don't care for these Safety Nazis who enjoy the feeling and power of bossing around the stupid masses who don't realise they need help.
As for the laws of physics, have to obey them so........ Running current in the ground wire will raise the potential of the ground system and everything tied to it to above true ground potential.
Now livestock will be getting tingle voltage shocks off everything that's grounded and some electronics equipment may fail.
The neutral, now live because it's bonded to that elevated ground which is energised by the generator due to voltage drop. Trust me.
So now this neutral which IS NOT SWITCHED by the service main breaker is now brought potential to the center tap point of the service transformer secondary. That means you are supplying a voltage back out the high voltage lines to the grid where some smuck is working on broken wires.
How much voltage depends on a bunch of factors. How lucky do you feel?
In brief back feeding that receptacle is like smoking. Some it never seems to never bother, sometimes it's the bystanders that get hurt and then there is the damage being done that will catch up to everyone if it continues long enough.

Follow Ups:

• Re: fine except welder plug backfeed PTO Power Ge Mike M 05:36:32 01/10/05 (4)
  • Re: fine except welder plug backfeed PTO Power Ge buickanddeere 08:13:49 01/10/05 (3)
    • Re: fine except welder plug backfeed PTO Power Ge surefire 08:33:46 01/10/05 (2)
      • Re: fine except welder plug backfeed PTO Power Ge Mike M 09:40:40 01/10/05 (1)
        • Re: fine except welder plug backfeed PTO Power Ge buickanddeere 18:21:07 01/10/05 (0)

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