I'm putting a generator on my house as we speak and learning very quickly that the "contractor" an otherwise reliable source referred me to doesn't seem to know what the ever living fuck he's doing.

I'm gonna end up so far out of code it'll be laughable, but I'm kinda stuck as I'm already in for three grand that I can't get back.

Fortunately, I'm in one of "those" neighborhoods where police are extremely reluctant to bother, and the generator itself will be well hidden behind fencing when code enforcement drives by.

Still, I've got a sick feeling that I'm either going to burn my house down in a good faith effort to stay alive or I'm gonna end up with a bajillion dollars in fines that I'll only be able to get out of by surrendering my deed.

Either of those two scenarios come to fruition, and I'm out of this God forsaken shithole of a third world state the very next day.