Lost electricity in Houston Hurricane backfeeding helped 1/3

[PaulBa]

Hi,

My mother got a 4Kw generator and generator to dryer cable M to M during the emergency last week. We need to understand the house 120V circuits. We were able to turn the main off and backfeed via the dryer plug, however 2/3 rd of the house still didn't have power. Why is this?

The generator had capacity and didn't stall. I have a square d 100 A main panel outside the house for everything.

I appreciate your help. Thanks.

Paul

 

[ActionDave]

I am closing this thread in accordance with forum rules. If you are not an electrician, we are not permitted to assist you in performing your own electrical installation or maintenance work.

If installing stuff is not your occupation, then we can’t help you install stuff. You would have had to agree with that rule during the process of registering on the forum.

The reason is that the forum’s owner does not want a person to get an answer to the question they asked, but not get answers to the dozens of other questions they should have asked and were unaware they needed to ask. Mike doesn’t want anyone to get injured by any incidents related to electrical installations. But he also doesn’t want to be sued by the injured party’s relatives on the basis of him not telling you enough to keep you safe.

 

[Dennis Alwon]

Btw, adding a cord without the proper genertor intelock can be dangerous. I would advise you to get this install done properly. Go to diychatroom.com for help

 

[roger]

And a note of special concern is the "widow maker" cord.