I searched the board, but couldn't find a match to my question.
I'm intrigued by the possibility of adding the new Ecoflow Delta Pro Ultra as a backup system to our home for power outages. It has a lot of useful features, and is expandable. Our home is wired with a main panel on the outside, which sends power to 220/240 appliances (a/c furnace, water heater, dryer), and splits off sending a line into our garage to a subpanel for all the other circuits in the house. (At this time I don't know what the service rating is for this subpanel.) What I would like to do is break that line going to the subpanel with a single-circuit manual transfer switch, with a plug for the Ecoflow.
The subpanel already has all the circuits I'd like to have live in an emergency situation. I don't want to power any of the major appliances. The subpanel sends power to things like our refrigerator/freezer, chest freezer, microwave (we wouldn't use the stove in a power outage), wall plates in all the rooms, lift station for our septic, and the water pump for our well. I've tried to get electricians out here to tell me what kind of pump I have, but have been unsuccessful. It has a tied 2 x 20-amp circuit. I've had "guesses" both here on this message board and on the phone to contractors that it's probably a 220/240 pump (with a lower amp rating) rather than a high-amp 110 pump. I mention this because it is possible that this subpanel both serves 110v and 220v. Anecdotally, I've seen videos where it is mentioned that the Delta Pro Ultra handles well pumps easily.
Ecoflow does make a companion automatic transfer switch, but I don't want or need this.
The only manual transfer switches I seem to be able to find are those with subpanels of their own. I don't want to create a whole new subpanel with a series of its own breaker switches. That seems redundant to me, and adds unnecessary complexity and additional connections possibly prone to failure over time. I just want a master switch (100 amp?) for either line power or emergency generator power, with a plug for the Ecoflow. Is there such a thing, or am I misunderstanding something?
Thanks!
I'm intrigued by the possibility of adding the new Ecoflow Delta Pro Ultra as a backup system to our home for power outages. It has a lot of useful features, and is expandable. Our home is wired with a main panel on the outside, which sends power to 220/240 appliances (a/c furnace, water heater, dryer), and splits off sending a line into our garage to a subpanel for all the other circuits in the house. (At this time I don't know what the service rating is for this subpanel.) What I would like to do is break that line going to the subpanel with a single-circuit manual transfer switch, with a plug for the Ecoflow.
The subpanel already has all the circuits I'd like to have live in an emergency situation. I don't want to power any of the major appliances. The subpanel sends power to things like our refrigerator/freezer, chest freezer, microwave (we wouldn't use the stove in a power outage), wall plates in all the rooms, lift station for our septic, and the water pump for our well. I've tried to get electricians out here to tell me what kind of pump I have, but have been unsuccessful. It has a tied 2 x 20-amp circuit. I've had "guesses" both here on this message board and on the phone to contractors that it's probably a 220/240 pump (with a lower amp rating) rather than a high-amp 110 pump. I mention this because it is possible that this subpanel both serves 110v and 220v. Anecdotally, I've seen videos where it is mentioned that the Delta Pro Ultra handles well pumps easily.
Ecoflow does make a companion automatic transfer switch, but I don't want or need this.
The only manual transfer switches I seem to be able to find are those with subpanels of their own. I don't want to create a whole new subpanel with a series of its own breaker switches. That seems redundant to me, and adds unnecessary complexity and additional connections possibly prone to failure over time. I just want a master switch (100 amp?) for either line power or emergency generator power, with a plug for the Ecoflow. Is there such a thing, or am I misunderstanding something?
Thanks!
