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What IS a transfer switch?
It's a setup that switches your house line source to a generator without putting generator power out to the street.
Saves me running 10 extension cords from the generator to power stuff in my house. I'd also be able to run my furnace and well pump.
Wouldn't it be easier to hard wire the generator in to your panel box?
It's a setup that switches your house line source to a generator without putting generator power out to the street.
Saves me running 10 extension cords from the generator to power stuff in my house. I'd also be able to run my furnace and well pump.
Just make sure that you don't fry the power company employee hanging on your power pole outside trying to fix your outage. They frown on that.
It's a setup that switches your house line source to a generator without putting generator power out to the street.
Saves me running 10 extension cords from the generator to power stuff in my house. I'd also be able to run my furnace and well pump.
Wouldn't it be easier to hard wire the generator in to your panel box?
What kind of wattage? The first three could kill your setup bc they all have a high peak draw when they kick on.... that being said id imagine a lot of localities require a licsensed electrician to do it to be assured its truly isolated from the grid.
If you wire the generator strait to the box without the transfer switch it will bleed current back thru the lines to the pole and beyond, which is when power workers get killed working to restore power to homes. It is not only unsafe it's illigal.
The only reason I ask is that I like to watch home improvement shows, such as This Old House, and I have seen a licensed electrician hardwire a generator to a separate panel box. When the main panel box senses a power failure the secondary would start the generator. When the power comes back the secondary panel box would shut down the generator.
via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer_switchAn Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS) is often installed where a backup generator is located, so that the generator may provide temporary electrical power if the utility source fails. An ATS not only safely switches-in the backup generator as a temporary source of electric power; it also commands the backup generator to start, based on certain conditions it continuously monitors on the electric utility feed; and it isolates the backup generator from the electric utility, when the generator is on and is providing temporary power.