On Sep 23, 3:12*pm, bob haller wrote:
On Sep 23, 10:47*am, "
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On Sep 22, 10:16*pm, bob haller wrote:

On Sep 22, 10:26*am, "
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On Sep 22, 9:31*am, George wrote:

On 9/22/2012 8:52 AM, bob haller wrote:

What is the reasoning for leaving the transfer switch in place?

Probably because it's a lot more work to take it out and by
leaving it there another generator could be installed
someday if one chooses. *I wouldn't take it out either.

Correct.

why is the generator being removed?

That was my question too.
Interesting how definitive statements are made
when only minimal details are presented.

Actually your question was:

"What is the reasoning for leaving the transfer switch in place? "

And the OP affirmed it was because it's more work to
take it out and leaving it in allows a generator to be
installed in the future. *And it's probably a LOT of work
to take it out, if the transfer panel has the circuits to be
supported by the generator wired to it. * You'd have to
move all those back to the main panel. * I'd ask you what
is a compelling reason to take the transfer switch out?
I can't think of one.

Leaving it in, if you wanted to, you could add a standby generator
at any time. *It could very likely be used with a portable
generator as well. * If you go to sell the house, I'd even
put that in the listing as a selling point.

I still ask WHY IS THE GeNeRaToR being removed........

I dont care about the transfer switch!!!

it just seems strange to remove such a signifcant asset from a
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IDK, but my first guess would be that it's kaput and they don't use
it enough to justify the replacement cost.

generac parts are way overpriced and not well designed. i have one
here i picked up cheap it has a small plastic control box..... priced
over a 100 bucks many years ago..... when the 3rd one failed

i finally did a work around........

start generator let it run a minute, then push a 200 amp momentary
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I'm going to get a chance to see if I can fix one. A
neighbor had a 12KW Generac that was about 5 years old.
It died during the hurricane last year. The main symptom
was that it would start, run for about 30 secs, then shut
off. The company that installed it told him the generator itself
was shot and it was not worth fixing. He bought a new one.

It made it's way to another neighbor who is a friend of his
and also a friend of mine.
Believing the company diagnosis, that neighbor took it apart
and seperated the generator from the motor. That's as far
as he got and now he's going to give it to me because he
decided he doesn't want to screw around with it anymore.

I looked at the inside of the generator and it looks brand new.
No evidence of burning, no smell, etc. There is a smell
however coming from the control area with the electronics.
And reading the service manual, the way it works it starts
up and uses battery for ignition for the first 30 secs or so.
Then it switches over to using a generator winding that is
there for that purpose. I'm betting that it's the electronics
that does the switch-over or the rectifier, etc that is bad,
not the generator itself. When I get my hands on it, we'll
see. If so, I may have found a real treasure