I'm imagining what led to this, and it can't be good

[ironphoenix]

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[peristaltor.livejournal.com]

Could be useful for backfeeding on a limited basis, but only in some extremely controlled circumstances. (I've had a few of them on boats, where the wiring is often easy to isolate, say, between a gen set an shore power.)

[ironphoenix.livejournal.com]

It can be useful... it's not a very safe way to do it, though.