I recently had the opportunity to view an installation that used the Reliance brand transfer switch system. I have since watched a number of videos and have been impressed with the technology.
What I like is that the wiring, breakers and switches are are already prebuilt. What is especially nice is that it looks like the wiring has already been labeled (e.g. A, B, C,) etc to make it easier to make sure that one is wiring the breakers on the main panel properly.
There are switches for each circuit on the unit, Generator/Off/Line. One has the opportunity to take a number of circuits in the home and mix and match sources. For instance, Circuit A and C might be run by generator (it has a generator input) and the other circuits on the grid. What is really cool is that one can take the output from the inverter, affix it to a generator plug and it can serve at the input to the unit instead of a generator.
I have seen these on Amazon but was wondering if there was a better source.
I also had a number of questions.
Could one wire the inverter directly into the switch box instead of using a plug?
Would it be possible to place a generator interlock on the main box and utilize the generator input there instead? With the interlock the grid would be disabled. This would be helpful when one wanted to supplement the battery input for other circuits (e.g. portable air conditioner).
I have seen some of these listed on Amazon but was wondering if there was a better source.
I am sure there will be additional questions but wanted to start the process.
What I like is that the wiring, breakers and switches are are already prebuilt. What is especially nice is that it looks like the wiring has already been labeled (e.g. A, B, C,) etc to make it easier to make sure that one is wiring the breakers on the main panel properly.
There are switches for each circuit on the unit, Generator/Off/Line. One has the opportunity to take a number of circuits in the home and mix and match sources. For instance, Circuit A and C might be run by generator (it has a generator input) and the other circuits on the grid. What is really cool is that one can take the output from the inverter, affix it to a generator plug and it can serve at the input to the unit instead of a generator.
I have seen these on Amazon but was wondering if there was a better source.
I also had a number of questions.
Could one wire the inverter directly into the switch box instead of using a plug?
Would it be possible to place a generator interlock on the main box and utilize the generator input there instead? With the interlock the grid would be disabled. This would be helpful when one wanted to supplement the battery input for other circuits (e.g. portable air conditioner).
I have seen some of these listed on Amazon but was wondering if there was a better source.
I am sure there will be additional questions but wanted to start the process.
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