XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: peter2@hipson.net   
      
   On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:25:46 -0700, D Yuniskis   
    wrote:   
      
   >Jon wrote:   
   >> I. GENERATOR TRANSFER CIRCUIT   
   >>   
   >> The service wire is 000.  I'm not even going to attempt a contactor for   
   >> that.  I'd have to wire it hot and there's too much risk.  All I'm going   
   >> to do is make a fail-safe circuit to protect the generator when the   
   >> power goes back on.  It's only a 10kw generator so I'm using 120vac coil   
   >> contactor with contacts rated for 90amps.  I'm going to use the spare   
   >> wire from the house to the barn to signal when the grid goes back on.   
   >> That will open the circuit and shut down the generator.   
   >   
   >A potential candidate for the 2010 Darwin Awards?   
      
   Oh, no... Worse, a potential candidate for a manslaughter charge, and   
   10 years in jail for killing an electric lineman... And worse...   
      
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