> that if your neighbour didn't use a generator interlock, your wiring may have enough power to make you need a trip to the hospital.
If that happened you would know because your lights were on.
And what would actually happen is nothing, because the generator circuit breaker would blow from trying to power the entire neighborhood.
The only way this could happen is if you were right at the end of the feeder line, and managed to down a line such that only you and your neighbor were online - in which case enjoy the free power. (And then yell at your neighbor to fix it.)
Do things properly, sure, but don't over estimate the danger.
If that happened you would know because your lights were on.
And what would actually happen is nothing, because the generator circuit breaker would blow from trying to power the entire neighborhood.
The only way this could happen is if you were right at the end of the feeder line, and managed to down a line such that only you and your neighbor were online - in which case enjoy the free power. (And then yell at your neighbor to fix it.)
Do things properly, sure, but don't over estimate the danger.