Mecer 2400 Inverter

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Etymology
So called because when one end is plugged into a live outlet, the exposed prongs of the other end are highly dangerous.
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  1. (informal, electrical work) A simple electrical cord with prongs on both ends; plugging one end into a live outlet (for example a generator) and the other end into a dead outlet (in a house with no power) allows power to be injected from the live outlet into the dead one. quotations â–ĽWhen the hurricane hit and I lost power, I fired up the generator and jacked it in to the outlet in my garage with a suicide cable; at least I was able to run a few lights and my refrigerator.
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Yousufp08 said:
Hi

I have a Mecer 2400 Inverter which I use by switching of my mains and back feeding through a plug point. Is this OK or is it dangerous?

Thanks
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This is dangerous because:

1) You're presumably using a "suicide cable" with 2 male plugs to do this. It's not called a suicide cable for nothing.

2) You may forget to switch the mains breaker off, backfeed when the power goes off, and then when the power comes back on again with the mains breaker on, you're going to fry a lot of stuff

3) If you backfeed while the mains breaker is left on, then anyone working on the line may get shocked

4) You have absolutely no earth leakage protection because you're feeding the circuits of your house after the earth leakage detection circuit breaker. If someone gets shocked the electricity will not automatically shut off.

All in all, it's a terrible idea, especially if you don't know what you're doing.
 
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AlphaJohn said:
Hey this is no where near some of the crap I have seen em people do over in India.
The country where people have just enough "know how" to youtube this type of crap.
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Hahaha Yup
Some crazy mofo's out there

But, a suicide plug can and does work if you know the elctric system setup at home.

You cannot assume the elctricians before you all did a proper job.

Ive heard many cases where what OP is saying does indeed work no problems at all, Ive also heard some people here when they tried it they immediately fried their inverter on the spot.
 
Pineapple Smurf said:
Hahaha Yup
Some crazy mofo's out there

But, a suicide plug can and does work if you know the elctric system setup at home.

You cannot assume the elctricians before you all did a proper job.

Ive heard many cases where what OP is saying does indeed work no problems at all, Ive also heard some people here when they tried it they immediately fried their inverter on the spot.
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There's no doubt that backfeeding through a random plug in your house is technically possible and does work. But from a safety point of view, it only takes one thoughtless moment, like forgetting to switch the mains off, or accidentally touching the live end of the suicide cable, for it to all end in tears.
 
deweyzeph said:
There's no doubt that backfeeding through a random plug in your house is technically possible and does work. But from a safety point of view, it only takes one thoughtless moment, like forgetting to switch the mains off, or accidentally touching the live end of the suicide cable, for it to all end in tears.
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Totally agree
One must never assume it is safe to do so as not all houses are wired 'correctly'
This is Africa, there are many numnuts who will work on wiring thinking they know what they're doing
 
Pineapple Smurf said:
Totally agree
One must never assume it is safe to do so as not all houses are wired 'correctly'
This is Africa, there are many numnuts who will work on wiring thinking they know what they're doing
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Yip, you can imagine if the plug you're using to backfeed into has got the live and neutral wires swapped around, which happens, and you end up energising the neutral bar in your DB board when you backfeed your inverter through that same plug. Or even if you've accidentally wired your suicide plug wrong and mixed up the live and neutral wires. There's just too much that can go wrong.
 
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maybe all these installers and maybe even governmant should make it a little cheaper ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
 
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