Absolutely Great Video!! Five days ago I ordered and paid for my 22KW Generac. Bad news, 30+ weeks to get it. I'm retired so now I have enough time to prep for it. You've given me a lot of great tips. Keep up the Great work, fellow Electrician!!
The Generator install went very well. Waiting for Gas Company to horizontal boring to house to increase gas line too a 1” pipe was the only thing I had to wait for. Installed everything else by my self and info from your videos. Thanks again
Today I am having this exact unit installed at my home in Virginia. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and seeing your careful work. As an electronic technician, I appreciated your exacting measurements and proper handling of the wires. That is a great stripper! I'm glad I do not handle wires that large! Anyway, thank you and I certainly hope my installers will use the lubricant, I'm on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
About 25 years ago I installed a generac whole house generator. I followed all the instructions but it wasn’t clear if the control wires could be in the same conduit as the power wires. So I put in two separate conduit runs.
I attended a technical high school for electronics. They started us out with the NEC and basic house wiring and on to electric motors. I did not pursue the trade but what an education. I've done my own wiring through the years, but I would never take on the installation of a generator, even though you make it look easy. Hire professionals.
I’ve had my 22kw Generac for a few years now. Great investment. My guys did a great job here in South Jersey. Slight screwup though: left a neutral screw loose in my service panel that went unnoticed for a week until I found a pool of liquid around my basement fridge. Unit was warm/no interior light. Breaker wasn’t tripped. I checked the outlet with my meter and it showed 78v. I called them and they were there in an hour and quickly found the issue. They gave me $500 for the loss of everything in the fridge and freezer. Shit happens 🤷♂️. I’ve used them for another job since 👍.
do you have to move your common and ground bars to the transfer switch box ("...the first point of disconnection...") by code? thank you for your videos!
Ron did I see you separate grounds and neutrals in the existing breaker box? It's my understanding this should be done when adding the ATS because the ATS becomes the first point of disconnect, correct? Thanks again for the great videos, I have really learned a ton!
we have a 22k installed back in October last year, had a power failure on 6/16, the yellow and red light is on the wifi signal is missing and can not reset the generator, what could be the problem?
Hello, excellent video, what is the name of the type of cable that is used from the generator to the transfer switch? That cable comes with the low Volga cable
Great video and love the clear quality of it!! Do you separate the grounds from the neutrals in the existing main panel once you install the ATS as that becomes the first disconnect after the meter? Thank sir
Yes, the automatic transfer switch should be service-rated. This becomes the main disconnect. All other electrical equipment downstream from the ATS will have grounds and neutrals isolated from each other.
How do you wire the control wires when installing two transfer switches on a 22k generator. This is for a 400Amp Service with two 200amp main electrical panels. Thank you!
What size is that liquid tight flex conduit that houses the orange generator tray cables? The headache for me is separating the neutral and ground on my basement panel..its like 25 ground and neutral that some needs to be extended to reach the left side of the panel where my separated new grounding will be😩
I don't know if he did, but per Generac and the NEC ALL those terminations are supposed to be torqued. Not torqueing the connectors is a FAIL on the electrical inspection. The torque specs are in the install manual AND inside the transfer switch.
1:19 Simply put: Ground and neutral bars are separated on sub panels. On main panels all green and white wires are mixed together on the bars, on sub panels there is a separate neutral (white) and ground (bare, green, earth) bar. I'm a DIY'er, not sure why. EDIT: Do you have to go into the previous "main" panel and separate all the neutrals and grounds?!?! That would be quite the task!!!!
To prevent objectionable current flow. An effective ground fault current path is not only required but essential to a safe electrical system. The “neutral” is a current carrying conductor whereas the equipment grounding conductor is not. That’s why they’re separate in a sub panel.
@@electricianron_New_Jersey Thanks, I added something in my my edit of my comment... Do you have to install separate ground/neutral bars in the previously "main" panel? Seems if they are together in one panel, but on separate ones a few feet away wouldn't make any difference.
@@Hubjeep Depends on the panel. I had to add a neutral bar to the sub in my detached garage. Bear in mind that IF you add a neutral bar or a ground bar they have to be approved for that particular enclosure. You can't just slap any old bar into a panel.
Is a contact available in the transfer switch to alarm when utility service is lost and service is transferred to the generator? I’d like to wire in an alarm that I can send a message to my phone.
