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RE: Water pump and furnace emergency electrical connections

To: "'Mike Frerichs'" <frerichs@tconl.com>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Water pump and furnace emergency electrical connections
From: "Marknsuz" <marknsuz@pacbell.net>
Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 09:53:45 -0800
Whatever may have happened to him legally he will spend the rest of his life
knowing that he killed a person who was trying to help him because he was
either too ignorant, lazy, stubborn, or cheap to hook his generator up
properly.


> Don,
> 
> Do you have any knowledge of what happened to the person who caused the
> back-feeding that killed your friend's son?  I only ask with the idea in
> mind that that info might make someone think twice before hooking up a
> generator in a less than responsible manner.
> 
> Mike
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > I've been following this discussion and decided to see what the local
> > power
> > company here in south LA. put in their "Electric Service Standards".
They
> > should have lots of experience due to the storms we have every year.
> > Below
> > is what I copied and pasted from their manual. I had expected to see
very
> > tight restrictions due to local knowledge. My friends son was killed due
> > to
> > back feeding from a portable generator while he was working on restoring
> > service after Hurricane Andrew.
> >
> Snip...




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