reybo
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Someone posted this a couple of years ago, and I'd like to learn more. This Square D seems to be what I need.
And an unrelated question: how long should we expect the power to be off for an installation of the Square D? My wife and I both need Oxygen at night and that requires power. Is there any chance at all we could have power reconnected the same day it's disconnected?
Appreciate the help.
Rey
Since I plan to have the main breaker panel replaced, this seems a good choice. But what's the Square D model number for this in 200-amp service?For what it may be worth, Square D makes a very inexpensive switch for their service panels that mounts in the upper breaker location of the panel and has a bracket the slides up into the location of the main breaker switch handle. This provides a code approved transfer switch right in your normal panel serving the normal breakers going to the house.
The way it works is this - you wire your genny into the 2 pole breaker in the upper right slot, and it stays disconnected from the busway in the panel unless you move the bracket which forces you to open the main breaker - then you can close the breaker to the genny. This makes connection of the genny to the grid impossible.
The great thing about this is you can select any of your normal loads to run on the genny! AND ITS CHEAP, SAFE and CODE LEGAL.
And an unrelated question: how long should we expect the power to be off for an installation of the Square D? My wife and I both need Oxygen at night and that requires power. Is there any chance at all we could have power reconnected the same day it's disconnected?
Appreciate the help.
Rey