“Hook It Up Right” – Generator Safety
Mr Creque, in a Government Information Service (GIS), press release issued on August 22, 2018, said that it is extremely important to promote generator safety due to significant risks and hazards associated with these devices.
He said, “…we would like the public to know what those risks are because it can cause injury or even death to the themselves and to the BVIEC staff.”
'Back-feeding'
Mr Creque, in the release, stressed that curbing the practice of ‘back-feeding’ is one of the corporation’s greatest priority in educating the public on generator safety.
‘Back-feeding’ occurs when a generator is hooked up incorrectly by not only powering the home, but sending the energy back out to the electricity grid.
This reckless and dangerous practice presents an electrocution risk to utility workers and neighbours served by the same utility transformer.
“In fact in the corporation’s history there has been one fatality where one of our linesmen was electrocuted and died and that was from a generator back-feeding unto the grid,” Mr Creque added.
‘Back-feeding’ is an illegal practice and according to Mr Creque, persons should never attempt to directly power their home or business with modified electrical equipment such as double male extension cords that can cause back-feeding.
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