Sonny, are you anywhere near Whiteville N.C. or happen to know the situation
there?
Hope things get better and dryer there for you.
Best regards,
Don. Regina Beach, SK. Canada..
----- Original Message -----
From: <NSurles@aol.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Storm Damage
> Thanks for the concern. Some of us have been busy! I live near where
I-95
> and I-40 cross, which is on the West edge of the flooded areas. We lost
> power for several days - which taught me another lesson I didn't really
want.
>
> I ran a 5 kW generator during the power outage. When I first hooked it
up, I
> "back fed" it from the sub-panel in the workshop. I forgot that the
neutral
> in a sub-panel is not bonded to the ground. When I connected the
generator's
> neutral/ground wire, I landed it on the ground bar, not the neutral bar.
> Result is I had a "floating neutral" and everything that was plugged in
saw
> about 240 V rather than 120. TV, VCR, radios, surge suppressors.....
I'm
> at over $200 and counting.
>
> But I'm back on-line!
>
> Sonny
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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