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		wearywanderer on May 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Those are generally fine because they are generally installed and configured by licensed electricians. Generators with suicide-cables installed by homeowner Joe Blow are the problem.

FooHentai on May 21, 2021 [–]

Close. It's not the electricians qualifications that make it safe, it's a feature in generating home inverters called 'anti-islanding'.

A correct install is of course also required as it's possible to screw up and unintentionally cripple this important safety feature.

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