[AT] Spam> OT - Transfer switch

charliehill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Fri May 22 14:08:31 PDT 2009


Henry,  I caught that about the 3 ph too but kind of figured he might have 
been talking about the 2 110 legs feeding the 220.  That's not 3 ph of 
course.

Like you said, even if he has 3 ph at the transformer it's very doubtful 
he's got 3 ph at his house.  Mike, you're not running a machine shop or 
something out of your home are you?  There would be no reason for them to 
pull 3 ph to the house otherwise.  I better hush, I'm already over my head 
here.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Miller" <hank at millerfarm.com>
To: "Mike Meulenberg" <msm10301 at juno.com>; <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> OT - Transfer switch


> This sounds bad.   Do you really have 3-phase power?  Almost no houses do. 
> If you really have 3 phase you either need a 3 phase generator, or a 
> separate single phase panel for just the things you want on.
>
> Nearly everyone installs a separate panel anyway.  You need a positive 
> lockout so you can't have generator and utility wires connected at the 
> same time.
>
> Unless you baddly mis typed what the electrition said, I'm concerened he 
> has no clue how to do this safely.
>
> Mike Meulenberg <msm10301 at juno.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>I am looking to have an electrician wire a manual transfer switch into our 
>>house so we can safely back feed our whole panel. I am not great with 
>>electrical so I was wondering if those on the list that are, could look at 
>>what this guy is proposing to see if it is a good and safe idea. Thanks, 
>>Mike
>>
>>Here is what he is proposing:
>>
>>I want to make sure I understand what you would like. If you want to back 
>>feed your panel, we would install an outdoor power inlet to which your 
>>generator would plug into, a 3-phase disconnect switch so we are able to 
>>disconnect the A and B phase and the neutral from the utility along with a 
>>30amp circuit breaker which you would turn on and switch the new 
>>disconnect switch to the off position, when you experienced a loss of 
>>power.
>>
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