The first thing that tells me the installation was NOT professional is the
collection of individual wires that leave the bottom of the "transfer
switch", the center bunch have a short length of flexible plastic conduit
that doesn't go all the way to the breaker box and it is attached to the box
with the wrong type of connector. They ALL should be enclosed in conduit or
other approved sheath.

The second thing, is that all the Romex cables are strung loose and not
attached to the studs as they are required.

The third thing, is the homemade "transfer box" with the Dymo type labels
that is made out of an electrical junction box. Toggle switches do not
usually have the capacity for a 5kw generator, provide no separation between
generator and utility power and don't provide forced disconnect of one
source before connecting to another power source. Plus each hot leg of the
circuit is switched separately instead of being tied together. In some
areas the neutral needs to be switched as well.

Install a proper legal transfer switch according to the NEC code and be
safe.


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On Jun 13, 8:36 pm, " wrote:
On Jun 13, 5:58�pm, "

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I need to make a short extension cord that goes from my portable
generator 240V 4-wire receptacle to a 3-wire receptacle that powers 2
120V house circuits. The 3-wires are red and black and white. How do I
make this? The 3 wires go into a junction box where the white wire is
attached to some kind of common connection and the red and black are
each attached to its own toggle switch that flips the power between
the power company and the generator.

TIA

did you know some main service breaker boxes support a either normal
or emergency mode lock out, which safely backfeeds your home and
prevents accidently powering the power companies lines

I think that the best thing to do at this point is to provide a link
to pictures of the configuration. I will work on this today. I believe
the installation was done professionally and the solution is simple
but I just do not have the resources beyond asking for help here.
Thanks for everyones input.