Has anybody ever had a problem backfeeding there house?

[DanKellFla]

After going through numerous hurricanes and watching many neighbors backfeed there houses I was struck by an observation. Not one has had a problem. All of our houses are very easy to disconnect from the grid. It is just a flip of a main breaker. That might be why. Otherwise, I have never known of anybody actually having a problem when the power came back on.

I have read about killing linemen, which is horrible. I even think I have read about it happening somewhere. I have heard rumors that FPL does something to the lines before powering back up to knock out generators. I don't know how seriously to take that, and I am not going to test it out. There have been reports of fires caused by a backfeeding generator meeting a newly power grid.But still nobody I have ever actually met.

[artist]

you have to pull the meter or turn off the main breaker - BUT if you wire it up wrong when just turning off the main breaker - yes it could kill a line man! It is not something that should be played around with if you don't know what you are doing. If your neighbors have been lucky so far - thank God! It has to be done properly.

[artist]

if you will look in the hurricane prepartion forum you will find more info on this as well as the proper way to do this I believe.

[DanKellFla]

Thanks. I wasn't sure if this should be in prep or aftermath. On one hand, getting everything ready is for prep, but doing it is more appropriate for aftermath.
I already know how to do backfeed, but I haven't had a generator until recently.