Texas power plants have no responsibility to provide electricity in emergencies, judges rule ( www.kut.org )

dual_sport_dork , 6 months ago

Fine, fine. Then I don’t want to hear any bitching by code inspectors or anybody else about how I have my backup off-grid power tied to my house. And I sure as shit don’t want to hear any whining along the lines of, “But it’s illegal to disconnect from the grid.”

If you disavow responsibility, so do I.

Cort , 6 months ago

Lol they’ll condemn your house and take it. Something something laws bind you, but not corporations something something… /S

IMHO more power to you

Five OP , 6 months ago

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

– Frank Wilhoit

e_t_ Admin , 6 months ago

"I thought you said the law is powerless."
"Powerless to help you. not punish you."

squiblet , 6 months ago

Reminds me of how citizens are required to obey orders from police, but police have no duty to protect you or be truthful.

dual_sport_dork , 6 months ago

power to you

I see what you did there.

Got_Bent , 6 months ago

I’m putting a generator on my house as we speak and learning very quickly that the “contractor” an otherwise reliable source referred me to doesn’t seem to know what the ever living fuck he’s doing.

I’m gonna end up so far out of code it’ll be laughable, but I’m kinda stuck as I’m already in for three grand that I can’t get back.

Fortunately, I’m in one of “those” neighborhoods where police are extremely reluctant to bother, and the generator itself will be well hidden behind fencing when code enforcement drives by.

Still, I’ve got a sick feeling that I’m either going to burn my house down in a good faith effort to stay alive or I’m gonna end up with a bajillion dollars in fines that I’ll only be able to get out of by surrendering my deed.

Either of those two scenarios come to fruition, and I’m out of this God forsaken shithole of a third world state the very next day.

MentallyExhausted , 6 months ago

Do you have it setup to shut off the main when the backup is running? My understanding is that energizing the grid can kill a lineman if power is coming from your house while they’re working.

dual_sport_dork , 6 months ago

Yes, you should for reason and probably others.

You can get gadgets to do this for you. Or you can just remember to shut off your main breaker before starting your generator or flipping your giant Frankenstein style knife switch to your battery bank or whatever, and turn it back on only after you’ve disconnected your backup.

AA5B , 6 months ago

remember

LoL, no. What lineman or electrician would want to bet their lives on you happening to remember? If there’s any code enforcement, that’s a resounding no

dual_sport_dork , 6 months ago

The correct answer, of course, is a transfer switch that physically decouples the backup power and the grid power from the building, and does not allow them to be connected at the same time – no matter how the operator might manage to fuck it up.