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I want to put in a manual transfer switch for emergency back up power when I upgrade service from old 60amp fuse panel to 200 amp with breakers.
Home Depot had carried and still displays GenTran but now seems only to stock EmerGenSwitch. They say it was an availability thing. New Northern catalog shows GenTran.
GenTran seems slightly more expensive. It also has larger switches.
Any experience or comments on the differences between these two brands? Are the larger switches (look like breakers rather than automotive switches) better or more durable?
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I would put in a regular main lug sub panel for all of the loads that you want to power from the Genny. Feed it from two breakers in the top two left side positions. You must use an interlock so both breakers are not able to be turned on at the same time. One breaker will go to the gen. and the other will go to a branch breaker in the main panel. These back-fed breakers in the sub panel must be clamped down. The clamps and interlock are made by the panel manufacturer. The two main lugs on the sub panel need to be tied togeather so all breaker positions are powered. This would be for 120V loads only.