Standard type item for connecting the generator to the house during a power outage. NOT!

On a side note I know a lineman what was nearly killed when someone used one of these. During an outage a power customer in my hometown (an electrical engineering professor at our local university) plugged their generator in using this type of cord and backfed the power gird. The lineman working nearby received a shower of sparks and quite a zap. I don't know the complete specifics of how. After the incident his hair began to turn white. Do this day he has white hair. I'm not kidding. True story.

I'm not sure if he had any grounding devices in place to protect himself or was in the process of installing them. Anyway it was the talk of the town when it happened. The college electrical engineering processor definitely had his tale between his legs for some time. Luckily it wasn't manslaughter charges.

RSlater,
RSmike