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The homeowner told the investigator that I went out to the house after the individual whom she purchased the generator from had installed it. After the investigator stalked the homeowner the following day accusing her of being a liar he was arrested then he had me arrested in retribution. The homeowner provided the court with invoices and the processed check of the individual who installed it & charges were finally dropped against me.
jeanmikecoutu 2 days ago
why would the fire dept leave a note or call them,that would be another form of harassment.
littlebigefan 2 years ago
does anyone know what the alleged problem with the generator was?
Bennygotcha 2 years ago
Yes, their generator was apparently feeding back into the grid - placing the electric company linemen into jeopardy. I'm assuming that the installation of their generator didn't include a cut-off breaker switch to disconnect them from the grid and isolate their home electrically from the exterior lines. This is a MUST if you install a home generator. No one will bother you at all IF you do the installation CORRECTLY. The homeowners obviously didn't.
P3rf3ctStorm 2 years ago 2
In a completely voluntary environment, the electricity provider would (and I think SHOULD) write into their contract that such a cut-out switch be installed with any generator.
Then it becomes a simple matter of contract violation, without all the legal fiddle-faddle that we're stuck with at this point.
I've lived with a non-compliant generator setup myself, but I was careful to always isolate the house (MAIN breaker OFF) before connecting the generator.
CurtHowland 2 years ago
very good points by both you and Curt
TEBON 2 years ago
What about simply STAYING OFF THE GUY'S PROPERTY? Who are you, his father or mother? Is he a child? What is your problem? Leave him alone!
LumpyRevolution 2 years ago
They might have a problem in that if they saw such a fault and didn't report it, and then the homeowner suffered injury/loss as a result of a fault, then they could be tortiously liable.
sirinferno 2 years ago
It's not just the homeowner. The linemen trying to fix the power loss will wrongfully assume that if they are isolated from the power grid, that the lines are un-powered.
Having a home generator feeding back into the lines endangers everyone.
CurtHowland 2 years ago
I see where you are coming from and I appreciate it but this guy didn't invite them onto his property did he? Was there a meeting of the minds? I'm not being sarcastic, I seriously don't know. Is the homeowner being forced to do something against his will or against his natural rights? That is all I really want to know. Make sense? I could care less who gets in trouble for not violating someone's property rights or what have you. Being neighborly goes a long way... I think.
LumpyRevolution 2 years ago
There are two seperate events and I'm not sure which you're referring to.
According to the fire official's account of the story, the fire official notified the homeowner of the problem of backfeeding into the electricity grid and was subsequently invited onto the property to inspect the arrangement and was invited to return.
After this problem was sorted out, the official noticed a secondary problem, unrelated to the first, which might cause injury/property damage to the homeowner.
sirinferno 2 years ago
It was after this second attempt to get in contact that the homeowner went and filed a harassment suit and what not. I don't recall hearing about the official going onto the persons property a second time, with or without their permission, I think he's merely trying to contact him at this moment in time.
sirinferno 2 years ago
Okay... staying tuned... this makes me want to go even more towards "off grid". :)
LumpyRevolution 2 years ago
I can understand why he might not want to leave a note/call; if he's getting this curious behaviour (including the harassment suit), if he were to call repeatedly (lets say the owner were not in first time), it would strengthen the owners harassment claim. If he left a note, the owner might claim that was criminal damage/tresspass...
Plus they probably like human contact/wouldn't mind showing the guy how he could make it safer.
Just tyring to appreciate it from his point of view.
sirinferno 2 years ago