Obviously you shut off the main breaker so as not to backfeed. Didn’t think anyone would be pedantic enough to make me say it. I wasn’t writing out a tutorial.
Point being, there exists a purpose for the allegedly purposeless thing.
Comment on xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas
Wizzard@lemm.ee 8 months agoYeah, if you want to electrocute some poor linesman outside. If you have considered purchasing a generator for emergencies, get the transfer switch installed and be prepared so when you do it, you do it safely.
Lizardking27@lemmy.world 8 months ago
rekabis@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
I’m hardly an electrician and even I know to have some sort of a cutoff switch that can isolate the home if I want to power it separately.