[AT] Spam> OT - Transfer switch

[charliehill]

Oh ok.

thanks

Charlie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael P. Maynard" <mmaynard at rochester.rr.com>
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> Charlie, I think the electrician was stating that he would use a 3 phase
> switch, to allow switching of the 2 hot legs and the neutral.
>
> Mike
>
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> Mike, typically in normal house current you would have two 110V legs and a
> neutral.  When you need 220 V you pull off both of the 110V legs.  Maybe
> that is where the 3 phase idea came from.
>
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> From: "Mike Meulenberg" <msm10301 at juno.com>
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> Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 6:40 PM
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>
>> No machine shop Charlie, just regular house stuff...
>>
>> ---------- Original Message ----------
>> From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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>> Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> OT - Transfer switch
>> Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 17:08:31 -0400
>>
>> 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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