This economical single-load transfer panel provides safe single-load transfer from generator to an office, garage or farm building where the entire circuitry is to be powered by a generator during a power outage. Compact, all-steel design completely isolates the generator from the utility with manual switching action. Can be used as an economical alternative to a DPDT switch. Maximum generator input is 15,000 Watts. Indoor surface-mount design. Can also be used for tractor-driven farm PTOs. UL listed. 5-year limited warranty. U.S.A. Factory shipped.
Reliance Controls TCA1006D Panel/Link 100-Amp Utility/60-Amp Generator Transfer Switch For Up To 15000-Watt Generators
Price: $99.99
Features
- Installation and operating instructions at www.reliancecontrols.com
- Ul listed
User Reviews
Since my city power seems to go out every time a mouse farts, I picked up a 10kw generator and all the materials to properly hook it up - including this. The drainage in my neighborhood is poor, so in a decent rainstorm I absolutely need both sump pumps on continuously as it's devastating when my basement floods. I hired an electrician that charged $200 to wire it up.
Last night I was able to use it for the first time. It works exactly as advertised. When the power died, I fired up the generator, killed all the fuses, threw both switches on this DPDT and slowly switched the fuses on. This handled ~1.5kw of draw from each of the 2 sumps, the fridge, the furnace, and all the lighting in the house - probably close to 7kw peak.
-- Works exactly as advertised - great product.
This turned out to be a box with 2 double pole circuit breakers and a ground bar. The breakers are head to head in the middle of the box, just like a normal panel. The switch part is a metal gizmo which sits on top of the circuit breakers between their levers. With the panel cover installed, the gizmo is floating between the breaker levers and prevents both from being on at the same time. When you push one on if the other is on it will be pushed off.
The knockouts on the box are relatively difficult to knock out but you don't have to do very many. -- Not exactly a switch but it should do the job.
Excellent switch for interconnecting with a generator to an emergency subpanel. Does not include any breakers so it works perfectly when feeding a subpanel with its own breakers. -- Manual Generator Switch
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