Comment on Cords
RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 3 months agoYou can, but if forgetting to flip a switch can result in death, then you need a stronger safety control
Comment on Cords
RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 3 months agoYou can, but if forgetting to flip a switch can result in death, then you need a stronger safety control
Lizardking27@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Someone incompetent enough to forget to shut off the main shouldn’t be operating a generator anyway.
RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 3 months 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
Lizardking27@lemmy.world 3 months 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.
SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 months 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.