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Steve Smith
 
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Default help selecting a manual transfer switch

wahzoo wrote in message
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I'm trying to find the specifics of the double-throw manual transfer
switch I need to run my whole house off my generator.

I'm planning to have a 6000 watt gas generator with a L14-30 type
4-wire output socket in a 3-wire 200 amp house electrical system. I
would like the transfer switch indoors.


Some panel brands (SquareD) sell interlock kits. Essentially they let
you backfeed using a breaker in the 2/4 position. The kit contains a metal
lever or plate that doesn't allow the main breaker and the 'generator'
breaker to be on at the same time. For this kit to work, you need a panel
mounted main breaker. Essentially it creates a two-pole switch.

-- Steve