brantmacga
Señor Member
- Location
- Georgia
- Occupation
- Former Child
We still have many people here without power due to hurricane Irma.
One of my customers called me saying they had connected a generator to their home, and that most of the breakers are tripping. This is a new house I finished about 4 months ago.
I go out and find the owners father, who is a mechanical contractor in town had shut off the main breakers and back-fed the generator into the service. Everything is connected correctly.
Out of roughly 40 AFCI & AFI/GFI combo QO breakers, at least 25 are tripping instantly. Also one of the QO surge breakers is out. They are tripping across both lines. Voltage is normal.
Has anyone seen a generator as the source cause this issue? My other thought is that they took a power surge that damaged them, but I've never seen that happen. It may be next week before they get power and I know for sure.
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One of my customers called me saying they had connected a generator to their home, and that most of the breakers are tripping. This is a new house I finished about 4 months ago.
I go out and find the owners father, who is a mechanical contractor in town had shut off the main breakers and back-fed the generator into the service. Everything is connected correctly.
Out of roughly 40 AFCI & AFI/GFI combo QO breakers, at least 25 are tripping instantly. Also one of the QO surge breakers is out. They are tripping across both lines. Voltage is normal.
Has anyone seen a generator as the source cause this issue? My other thought is that they took a power surge that damaged them, but I've never seen that happen. It may be next week before they get power and I know for sure.
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