Comment on Cords

• RegalPotoo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You can, but if forgetting to flip a switch can result in death, then you need a stronger safety control

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  • Lizardking27@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Someone incompetent enough to forget to shut off the main shouldn’t be operating a generator anyway.

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    • RegalPotoo@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That’s not the point. Normal, sensible people make mistakes because they are tired or stressed or got distracted or just plain unlucky, so things have to be designed so that people can make a mistake and it not instantly create a potentially lethal situation

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      • Lizardking27@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t think you understand how easy it is to flip the main breaker, and how nearly impossible it is to forget as you’re turning off basically every breaker in the panel before connecting the generator.

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    • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Someone who’s not competent enough to install a proper transfer switch (or at least hire a professional to do it) shouldn’t be operating a generator.

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• brianorca@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If someone can’t make the own cord, what’s the chance they know how vital it is to flip the breaker?

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• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  … Except the breaker only interrupts the connection on the “hot” line…

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