Jim Dunmyer said the following to Alec Cameron on the subject of
HELP HOME GENERATOR (20 Jan 98  07:31:15)
 > 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-
 JD> I backfeed my panel through the welding receptacle, and have a
 JD> checklist just as you suggest.
 JD> I also clobbered up a tester to tell when the power returns:
 JD> A piece of copper pipe, flattened on the end with a length of heater
 JD> hose slipped over it. Soldered a wire to it, connected to a light
 JD> socket that has the neutral wire connected to a regular plug. Plug 'er
 JD> into the wall, and slip the flattened pipe into the TOP main fuse
 JD> clip. She lights up really bright when Consumers' Power is ready to
 JD> sell electricity to me again. :-)
Good one. I had slipped a fine wire into the mains fuse lug to a ringer,
to give an audible warning, just in case I was asleep at the switch.
... Ice Storm of '98 refugee.
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