Am I going crazy? Wall mounted female generator inlet connector?

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Edit: Thanks for the unambiguous answers. As I said in the reply, he's a nice chap and very helpful and I cannot abide grassing people up unless there's a very good reason. So I did just say: "I'm not being funny, but most of the generator websites seem to sell male inlets. It might be worth phoning your bloke from your professional body and just asking him" I left out the fact I'd checked here to save some face. That seemed well received and it was the most diplomatic I've ever been in my life. Hopefully he does then he can get an informed answer from his org. 
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 Am I going crazy or is this normal? Registered sparky adding a transfer switch and genny inlet on my house plus amending the earthing arrangements to suit. He's just fitted a 32A *female* commando wall inlet. 
 Which to my mind means the potential for unplugging the house end lead to a running generator, and then holding a male plug with exposed live pins. I'm pretty sure I'm right that the inlet on the house feeding the transfer switch should be male. But my brain has just imploded and I'd sure like to hear it from someone else... 
 Cheers...

Alex G · Accepted Answer

You are not going crazy. It 100% should be a male inlet. I would now question anything that &lsquo;electrician&rsquo; is doing&hellip;. It must be changed to a male inlet.

Alex G · Answer

As some one who does a lot of event electrics, I find this so often. It always triggers an argument when I refuse to connect them. It&rsquo;s funny it is nearly always the same response &lsquo;oh yes someone said about that I am going to get it changed tomorrow&rdquo; or &ldquo;my mate did that, he is an electrician so it must be fine&rdquo;&hellip;. I keep inlets in the van and normally change them for a small price along with the nasty widow maker lead.

mapj1 · Answer

Indeed - if the supply fails then you have to assume the supply has been cut all poles, and the genset and associates must provide its own neutral to CPC bond, either in the genset or alongside, and its own CPC to terra-firma electrode. Now given the very low fault current available from the genset, what trips if there is a load side short ? 
 To be charitable a lot of domestic electricians are good solid chaps but creatures of recipe and repetition, not original thought - hence arguments about non standard but can be perfectly safe things like hybrid rings and radials, centre fed radial circuits and many others. 
 It is also why the OSG sells so well, though as I said in another post it is a recipe book, not a bible. 
 I'd be a bit worried about the failure to grasp, or not (!!) live pins as a dangerous item once mentioned. but I'm not that shocked it was given no thought initially . Do remember from the back of the socket to the back of the plug the coursing order means L-N need to cross. 
 Mike.

Am I going crazy? Wall mounted female generator inlet connector?

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