Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Batteries and mains, going solo. Date: 13 Sep 2025 01:12:12 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <106mke5$1di32$1@dont-email.me> <1079oe9$1ppd6$6@dont-email.me> <107ab26.3rg.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <3rkmmlxplv.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <107cipt$2g8mr$9@dont-email.me> <107ghmk$3j56j$4@dont-email.me> <107kfi2$d4vh$21@dont-email.me> <107kma2$d4vh$36@dont-email.me> <109ha6l$31h9b$1@dont-email.me> <109k35o$3le7e$1@dont-email.me> <1pt3plxjtc.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <109rq42$1nte5$1@dont-email.me> <7widnRTQ1MfSUlz1nZ2dnZfqnPadnZ2d@giganews.com> <68c31641$0$16$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <68c488ab$0$18$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net lBuPnVAIWr/zaVS0kKnm+wv7F1Lz5d7BH4sxPsN/Gsff3saH0G Cancel-Lock: sha1:Sa7EUINeDVoOapCtJESFUxE5Zbk= sha256:FAe//uWEdZ+NK17BY+ROD4lWH85uBmQQykgRtWROBd0= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:73993 alt.comp.os.windows-11:24142 On 12 Sep 2025 20:55:07 GMT, Mark Lloyd wrote: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2025 02:20:25 -0400, c186282 wrote: > > [snip] > >> I have some little gens ... MUST turn off the main breaker until the >> main is restored. Have a cheapo AC welder socket in an out-building >> - >> perfect for connection. 50 amps AC. Little gens, 25 amps max. >> >> It's on ME to do it right. >> >> But then I know electrics much better than the average idiot .... >> >> The average idiot ... wow ... DANGEROUS ! > > Then make sure you don't have any average idiots around, who think > they're helping by turning the main breaker back on. I haven't seen it in residential uses but there's a reason why industrial switch gear often has a place for a padlock. Little red tags that say 'please don't turn this on' just don't get the job done.