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A friend of mine told me if you turn off the main breaker in the house, get a male to male extension cord and plug it into any socket outside on the house to the generator that line will have electricity now as it is a closed loop. Has anyone heard of this?

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Before connecting a portable generator to your house, place the generator as far away from your home as you can to prevent fire or carbon monoxide poisoning. Then, plug the generator into the hookup on your house. Before you turn the system on, check that the throttle for the engine is in the correct position and that the engine has enough oil. Once the generator is running, go to your breaker, turn off the switch for the utility main, and turn on the switch for the generator main. Next, flip the breakers on the system that you installed one by one. For information about the installing the generator hookup for your house, read on!

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