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[Sir Tigger KC]

As far as I know, if you're going to power up your house with a genny via a 3 pin socket on the ring main, you must switch off the main switch to isolate the house from the mains. 

Otherwise you might electrocute someone working on the system 'upstream' who thinks it's dead and safe!   

[Kevin Wood]

Also worth considering the possible consequences of having a "suicide" lead lying around if it were to be accidentally plugged in.

[Shackeng]

Also worth considering the possible consequences of having a "suicide" lead lying around if it were to be accidentally plugged in.

Precisely, and with sensible use the plug in genny works well. ie, mains swich off, lead plugged in, start genny.

[Broomies Mate]

Also worth considering the possible consequences of having a "suicide" lead lying around if it were to be accidentally plugged in.

Precisely, and with sensible use the plug in genny works well. ie, mains swich off, lead plugged in, start genny.

I think you have missed the point - If an adult, or even a young child were to pull 'that' plug, the consequences may be unthinkable.

I do it myself, I have a bloody great big Jenny, running a 240v feed.  I also (if the outage is more than a few hours) run another lead to my neighbours house.

Not sure on the power output, but it's a welder/generator, so assuming the regulators are OK, I should be looking at near 4kvA

I strongly suggest anyone looking at this as a temporary solution.....

Look at what you have plugged in to the mains - Write a list for each room.  When the power fails, go and switch off EVERYTHING which is not IMPERATIVE.

Start-up power will just kill the generator.

[Sir Tigger KC]

I can't remember the last time I had a significant power cut to be honest.   

[TheBoy]

Mine is 1.7 Kw, runs fridge and freezers (high starting loads), boiler, TV and a few lights. Sufficient for survival.

If running modern electronics, like a new TV or PVR, ensure you have filters on the genny, and most are unfiltered and create "noisy"/"dirty" power which modern electronics can get quite upset over.

[TheBoy]

I can't remember the last time I had a significant power cut to be honest. 

Ignoring those of my own making, nor can I remember one lasting more than a few hours.

But, then, when I was looking at moving, we purposely looked at a location that was less likely to be prone to flooding, as it had been problematic near where I used to live.