> IF you insist on tinkering with the house wiring, then have an 
 > action plan
 > written out, like first open all switches and remove the main fuses 
 > and give
 > those fuses in care to a reliable adult with instructions like 
 > "These *must*
 > stay in your pocket until-
I backfeed my panel through the welding receptacle, and have a checklist just 
as you suggest.
I also clobbered up a tester to tell when the power returns:
A piece of copper pipe, flattened on the end with a length of heater hose 
slipped over it. Soldered a wire to it, connected to a light socket that has 
the neutral wire connected to a regular plug. Plug 'er into the wall, and 
slip the flattened pipe into the TOP main fuse clip. She lights up really 
bright when Consumers' Power is ready to sell electricity to me again. :-)
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