Honestly, they should just mandate a 240V generator port (with a grid cutoff interlock!) on main service boxes moving forward.
Ideally, there would be some different standard connector so that the port would only work with inverter-style generators that have constant frequency / voltage as load shifts around.
Otherwise, people would end up frying appliance computets with cheap generators.
Of course, this would lead to an identical headline, but the body of the article would warn about extreme equipment damage, not imminent death.
I have to admit I am kind of curious to know what these 110V cords do in practice. Are half the outlets on the other side of the 220 pair?
California already forces people to spend $1000's on LED compatible dimmers and moisture / motion sensing switches (spoiler alert: none of these things work properly, and they all have a high first year failure rate). They also have fascination with putting power outlets in useless places.
> California already forces people to spend $1000's on LED compatible dimmers and moisture / motion sensing switches (spoiler alert: none of these things work properly, and they all have a high first year failure rate). They also have fascination with putting power outlets in useless places.
"This stupid thing for $100 doesn't matter, we already have stupid thing for $1000" is not a great argument either.
I believe it was done as a result of incidents during wildfires. People lost power, couldn't open their garage door, and died in their home. It does make sense for accessibility reasons.
It's much cheaper than just the material for exterior door, let alone installation. They just use cheap SLA batteries. They're about $50 more than openers without a backup.
If you are running a 110v cord you only care about the fridge, furnace, and sump pump (You might have a different list, but it is something like that). you can arrange for them all to be on the same phase.
Ideally, there would be some different standard connector so that the port would only work with inverter-style generators that have constant frequency / voltage as load shifts around.
Otherwise, people would end up frying appliance computets with cheap generators.
Of course, this would lead to an identical headline, but the body of the article would warn about extreme equipment damage, not imminent death.
I have to admit I am kind of curious to know what these 110V cords do in practice. Are half the outlets on the other side of the 220 pair?