ECN Forum Forums Photo Discussion Forums Violation Photo Forum A Scary Transfer Switch

From Lone Gunman

Oh, turn THAT off. Now I get it.

Note to idiots:
Keep Duct Tape by your Electrical gear, good for them impromptu joints.


[This message has been edited by Trumpy (edited 06-01-2006).]

Nice, I deal with alot of Generators, and I have one we work on that has that exact transfer switch.....As for the backfeads, what was the purpose of this.....i'm not getting your post

In the second pic, what are the two red wires, which are lugged to the busbars, and the fuseholders(?) on the lower right of the pic for?

Gotta love that duct tape!

So let me get the sequence of operations clear in my mind.
Power fails
Transfer switch transfers the supply that goes from the one hundred ampere breaker in the larger panel to the left hand emergency panel over to the generator.
Some bozo comes along and opens both the large panels main breaker and the one hundred ampere breaker that supplies the transfer switch and then closes a back fed fifty ampere breaker in the main panel thus energizing loads in the main panel through the ? gage wire in the Romex.
That's very clever in that NOT sort of way.
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Tom Horne