"Good Samaritan" facing 7 years over generator help?

Sponsor: http://NHLiberty.org - Live Free or Die Festival organizer could be in big trouble. Authorities are charging him with a *felony* because they say he miswired a generator while trying to help a Dublin home survive Storm of '08. No one was injured but authorities say miswiring poses a danger to linemen.

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[SSILENTNATION]

"After officials intervened against the miswired generator - Couteau took some of them to court". WHY? Did he like the idea that linemen could be hurt by his incompetence?

[RidleyReport]

I think it was the way they went about it, he called it stalking.

[803honda]

FYI. all you have to do to aviod feeding the grid is flip the main breaker off or remove the main fuse.

[AssilemakaMelissa]

It is obvious they trumped up all these charges in order to try and shut him up. Ridiculous.

[jeanmikecoutu]

This report has a lot of info omitted. The homeowner told the investigator I had come by after it was improperly installed by an individual she purchased the generator from during the storm & I had advised her to leave her main off. When the investigator stalked her around town calling her a liar he was arrested then had me arrested in retribution. She provided the court with the invoices and processed check of the individual who installed it & charges against me were finally dropped.

[savagenomore]

@dadofmichelle if the main is pulled or the meter is pulled then it's safe...

[savagenomore]

men have been KILLED due to backfeed from improperly installed generators, all they had to do was trip the mail breaker or pull the meter...

[sscoltpython]

there is no "justice" in the justice system.

[tonysshadow]

Wow!...I dont understand folks that think you need permission to even fart. Seems to me that more logical and freedom loving opinion should be the power company is negligent for not installing whatever is necessary to prevent backfeeding into THEIR equipment. My house is my house along with everyscrap of wire in it. Another thought that apparently should be considered...have the power company set up a service pole with meter off the property. Then just plug in. Keep theirs separate from your

[UpcomingJedi]

Since he claims this happened hundreds of times, then its ok for him to be a "good samaritan"? What an idiot. Next time, share the extension cord with the neighbors instead of hooking it up to the wall. What a moron!

[blooddonor70]

It's all the fault of lawyers-they are the cause of 99% of this country's problems.

[dadofmichelle]

Backfeeding a generator can be dangerous as hell - that's why code makes it illegal. Even if the main breaker is turned off, It can kill a lineman, kill a neighbor, or burn a house down.Most of these jury-rigged installations are done without a neutral wire, and if so, generator power can feed into the line and kill a lineman; into a downed wire and kill anyone who comes in contact with it; into the neighbor's house, depending on whether wires are down to the neighbor.Why is this persecution?

[bobbj77]

the PRO,s use an interlock or G59 protection