Greetings Gents,
Just got back from Home Despot with a pile of goodies to build my electrical distribution panel for the ChangFa generator (pictures will be forth coming...)
While the main purpose for the generator is mobil power for remote job sites, I also want to run the house off of it when the inevitable happens. Towards that goal, I am looking for a 200amp 240V manual transfer switch to go between the utility meter and my exterior 200amp electrical panel. Seems simple enough, but have you seen the prices of these things?? Grainger wants $499 for a simple manual transfer switch. Even Harbour Fright wants $340 buck for a Cutler-Hammer model..
Anyone have any other ideas on an inexpensive and simple transfer switch?
Currently I'm watching Ebay, but who know's what you get there.
I now see the attraction of the evil method of pulling the electric meter or flipping off the main breaker, and hard wiring in a generator.. (And yes, I understand all the reasons why this is a terrible and dangerous thing to do!)
Take Care, James Lerch
Press on: nothing in the world can take the place of perseverance. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. Calvin Coolidge