ken wrote:
> No need to have an interlock with my plan. Both the portable generator and
> the main panel can be hot at the same time. I plan to switch two circuits
> out of the main to the generator with a DPDT switch.
>
Be sure to check the code in your area. You may need to have the
transfer switch in a sub panel with the breakers for those circuits all
in there. I had to do that here. OTOH I still have about 5 circuits
still in the main panel that don't get switched.
I'd really like to have one of the automated 15 or 20 KW units that runs
off natural gas with it's own enclosure.
I have a 9500 watt unit in a shed and even with forced air ventilation
it gets pretty warm in there during the winter and just plain hot in the
summer.
73
Roger (K8RI)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Short" <mike.short@mchsi.com>
> To: <amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2009 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] transfer switch
>
>
>
>> Make sure that what ever you end up with you have an interlock to disable
>> the main circuit breaker before you can turn on the generator breaker. My
>> generator has an automatic switch for the generator, and I have another
>> plug
>> to use a portable generator. It has a breaker on the panel from the
>> generator that feeds the panel. It has a mechanical interlock so that I
>> have
>> to disconnect the main CB before the generator breaker can be turned on. I
>> have a Square D panel, and they make the mechanical interlock as an
>> accessory. The generator CB is in the upper right position.
>>
>> Mike
>> AI4NS
>>
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