Power Generator grow?

[spatte21]

Would it be possible to run the lights through a power generator as to not cause a spike in electricity?

[oldsanclem]

By Law you must have a tranfer switch. If you back power , the meter runs backwards. Thats ok till they switch off the line. Then you heat up the line . so your 120 goes to the first transformer to 1100 volts , then to the sub at 66kv and so on. They do what is called chaining , or shorting you system to ground. They will also run a line impedance line thing and track you down. Bingo bubba you have a cop at your door in no time.
The reason is that you can kill some one working on the up leg of the system. Note in U.S.A and most countrys its a federal offence.
Please think safty first, the person you fry may be you.
Also note if you hook it up wrong the frequency is out of phase , it can bend you gen set like a piece of paper. Think of it as a 100 hp motor truning you gen set, the wrong direction.

[Zandor]

They are expensive but if you run the lights off the generator and not feed it back into your house or the power companies system then you have no problems.

There would be no spike because the lights would only run 100% off the generator. Problem with that is the noise and cost of running a generator. Not very stealthy I would think.

[Lady Vapor]

Living in the mountains my generator has come in real handy during a snow storm! I once went 17 hours without power. Where I live when the power goes out you can hear generators going all over the area. If your concerned about a spike in electricity, do what I did. Start slow and work your way up with the lights.

Also, I found out that all the power strips around my house were costing me a lot just to have them on.... Feel how warm the little plug in things are? Anything that generates heat is costing you much more than you might think!

[HannabisTheCannabis]

change every bulb in your house over to fluoresent even the ones in your closets... if pobbible use your boiler from a central heating system to heat your hot water. if you must use an electric water heater, place an inline timer on it.. if your a woman, use a battery powered vibrator instead of the plug in ones... you would be surprised how much energy they use...


HTC

[turtle420]

if your a woman, use a battery powered vibrator instead of the plug in ones... you would be surprised how much energy they use...
LOL!!!!

I've just got to ask... how do you know?

[Lady Vapor]

Oh there's a much more efficient tool than that and it doesn't need batteries :p