[GregBuchholz]

For people who are more interested in these topics, you'll want to investigate "anti-islanding", UL-1741, and IEEE-1547.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islanding

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_1547

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=ul1741+pdf

...if you wanted to power your house from a battery-fed inverter you'd have to install an automatic transfer switch, just like if you had a back-up generator.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_switch

http://powerequipment.honda.com/generators/connecting-a-gene...