[AT] grounds

[Ronald L. Cook]

Short response is:  Do not mis-handle.  The double male plug arrangement 
is the same thing as bare wires, is it not?  Connect and go about your 
business.

You should, however, have a double disconnect between you and the power 
grid.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA


Mark Greer wrote:
> Because if that "double male plug arrangement" is mis-handled live you might
> become the ground and end up 6 feet under ground? Plus if the main discon
> isn't turned off you can backfeed out onto the power grid and send power to
> a line the utility might think is "dead" while they are trying to repair it
> and end up killing or seriously injuring a lineman.
> Mark
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Fink Sr" <nancydick at pennswoods.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 9:47 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] grounds
> 
> 
>> Ok Gary tell us why.
>> R Fink
>> PA
>>
>>> resulted from mistakes made with electrical work.  I have  seen posts on
> ATIS
>>> where connections have be made to provide backup power from a  generator
> by
>>> use of a "double male plug" arrangement and turning off the main
> disconnect
>>> switch!  VERY BAD practice.
>>>
>>> Gary
>>> Renton, WA.
>