Transfer Switches

Automatic against manual, whole-panel against load-shed, and what code requires.

4 articles

• Operating a Manual Transfer Switch — The Order of Steps

  The sequence is short and it matters, and it is worth writing on the wall beside the switch.

• Transfer Switches — Automatic, Manual and the Interlock Kit

  Backfeeding a house through a dryer outlet kills utility workers. That is the problem every transfer arrangement exists to prevent.

• Service-Rated or Not — Where the Transfer Switch Sits

  Both switch the load. Only one of them can be the service disconnect, and that determines where in the house it goes.

• Generator Runs But There Is No Power in the House

  A standby generator that starts and then delivers nothing has usually not transferred. The engine is the easy half.