hot wire from generator connect it to the black of a light. Connect white to white of house panelwhat happens

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I have some ideas.....Just looking for other idea....********genenrator is insulted from earth

thanx but u missunderstood. I am an electrician. This not a question about hook up generator to your house. This is a question about electral theory will it complete the circut and allow a the light bulb to light. If you use the hot wire from gen. and the nuetral from the house. with no other connection between gen and house. think about right answer get 10 points

Answer 1

Bad idea to backfeed a house in that manner. If the house is still being powered from the street it is most likely that you will trip a circuit breaker. If street power is down the generator will attempt to energize the area, potentially with lethal results to line workers, until its circuit breaker trips.
If there is no circuit breaker or other over current protection in the generator it will be relying upon the panel breaker into which you are backfeeding. If this one doesn't open the generator will overheat and likely be badly damaged.

Read more generator safety and connection issues on my web page.
http://members.rennlist.org/warren/generator.html


Such 'riddles' should still be asked in a responsible and credible manner. Your poor grammar and spelling do not suggest competance in your trade.

If the generator is isolated from the house so that no neutral or ground current can flow, there will be no return path for the live wire after current passes through the light bulb. What you are suggesting is I can turn on a flashlight bulb by connecting to the positive terminal of one battery and the negative terminal of another. Perhaps electricity works differently where you live.

Answer 2

If the utility is providing power and the generator is running, the two supply voltages are bound to be out of phase. The happiest event will be operation of over-current devices. The most unhappy event will be a loud bang, and damage to the equipment. There may be a fire.

Same thing if the generator is started while the utility is providing power.

If the connection is made when there is no power coming from the utility, and the generator voltage is the same as utility voltage, power will be supplied to the house, up to the output limit of the generator.

If utility power comes back on while the generator is running, see first sentence above.