Re: (ET) Ok now that the Dust is Cleared.

["David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <etpost drmm net>]

On 13 Dec 2007 at 11:01, Thompson, Geof wrote:

> Thoughts?

Whether your barn has a separate service or is a subfeed from the house 
main, I'm not sure there are any code-approved ways to backfeed your main 
house service through the barn service.  In order to do this safely and to 
code, you may have to trench in a separate line to a transfer switch ahead 
of the main house panel (or the sub you're using to feed the loads you 
want 
on backup power).

Regardless, with all the ETs you have, you should have literally DAYS' 
worth 
of backp power there.  However, connecting them all in parallel might be 
troublesome because they differ in capacity and condition.  

I definitely would recommend against doing this with double-end dryer 
cables.  Much too easy to accidentally short the pins on the free end 
after 
the other end is plugged in.  The result could be a real disaster.