** ELECTRICITY IS DANGEROUS! HIRE A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE WORKING WITH ELECTRICITY! ** Very detailed full install of a Reliance Controls 10 Circuit Transfer Switch.
I followed your excellent video here and the one installing the outside inlet and all came out great. What I did different was to cut the male end off the 10 ft cable that came with kit and connected the cut wires to back of outside inlet and ran it through pvc conduit into basement leaving female end near transfer switch. I purchased a separate cable inlet and installed into transfer switch. I will plug in my cable to connect a generator or use a separate cable into transfer switch in future when I get a battery system. Generator works great and batteries should work in the future. Thanks for you great videos.
Happy New Year Sam! Nice install. The transfer switch will make things a lot easier when the power goes out. I like that you were thinking ahead mounting the input receptacle into the transfer switch panenl. Have a great weekend!
Guess what I'm doing next week? The same exact thing as your video this morning. It couldn't have come at a better time! 2024 is going great so far!😊😊😊
Fantastic! It really is a pretty easy install. Make sure you have plenty of time set aside and go slow and of course, be safe!!! Feels so good to have the peace of mind 😁👍
I NEVER watch videos that are more than 5 minutes. I thoroughly enjoyed this, and learned a lot. For instance I did not know wire strippers like that existed. Def getting a pair.
Hey Buddy...you did an "Awesome Job" you had done what we call in the military..."Adapted and Over Come"!! At the end of the day. I understood every instruction that you had given!!👍
Thanks for showing. I am going to hook up 6 circuit one hopefully this weekend. However. That will be loads i run to also save on energy cost. So they will not just backup power but also help save cost on daily solar generator.
After I installed our six and ten circuit Manual Transfer Switch, I went back and removed all the wire nuts, replacing them with Wago wire connectors. They work so much better and are safer.
I went through the exact same steps and had the same issues. Once it was complete I hooked it up to the eco flow DPUltra and it works great. Adding solar to the eco flow unit will help out with long term outages. Knowing you are on backup you need to be careful with your usage. One other item is to have a nearby receptacle for battery charging of your generator. Great video!
Thank you! That's the exact setup I hope to have. I like the Delta Pro Ultra, and I would like to have it set up as my main backup. Then, if the power is out too long and the solar panels aren'tenough, use the gas generator to charge it. All I need is about $10k 🤠👍
Good video so that white wire that you’re hooking to the ground bar that is the white wire that is connected to the outlet correct I just got mine today and when I opened the bottom panel, the white wire wasn’t connected to anything it was just sitting there so that’s for the plug correct ?
The white wire is the neutral. It should be connected to something. There shouldn't be any loose wires. If the white wire is missing from the inlet, that's probably it. Hope this helps 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuff so where is the white wire connected at where the circuit breakers are? I guess that’s the easiest way to ask that’s why I was thinking that white wire that wasn’t connected to anything to the outlet box.
@cessnapilot1990 I think at this point I would have to see it. There's a white neutral wire that goes into the main panel and gets connected to the neutral bar. That should be pre-wired into the transfer switch. Then there's a white neutral that gets wire nutted to the wire you provide to connect the inlet. Not sure if there's another one I'm missing.
Hey you gave me an idea but in order for my idea to work I need to ask you. That outlet you used from the box, are they all standard size? I ask because the Reliance TS I’m thinking of buying A501A comes with the optional power outlet and the 50’amp power cord I’m buying comes with an outlet box with an outlet. If I can do what you did with the outlet that comes with my cord I can buy the Reliance TS without power outlet option and save some dough.
Thank you for your question. First, I always feel best using what comes with a kit rather than piecing different brands together. Also, my TS is a 30 amp version, just to be clear. That's what works with my generator. If both are the same brand, however I would think the outlets would fit in either one because there is an option of using a 50 amp inlet instead of a 30 amp inlet so they should be interchangeable. No guarantees, but I hope this helps 🤠👍
Great question. No you don't. You can actually test your system without having a power outage. There is a direct disconnect from grid power when you switch each circuit from grid to generator.
@@samsdoinstuff thank you so much, going to be doing this soon. Is there a better alternative to wire nuts? not a fan of those things from automotive days
@@PyrateGraphics You can use WAGO connectors. Here's a link: WAGO 221 Lever Nuts 78pc Compact Splicing Wire Connector Assortment with Case. Includes (34x) 221-412, (26x) 221-413, (18x) 221-415 a.co/d/7Og6oWU
Good video! My project is to connect an EcoFlow Delta Pro battery power station for power outage backup to my breaker panel using a transfer switch. Eventually I would want to create a Hybrid power system in which I would get 50-75% of my power from solar. I have identified 10 critical circuits that I can connect to the transfer switch, but in the future I may want to add more circuits. Being that the largest transfer switch on the market only has 10 circuits, is there a way to combine them?
I also would like a Delta Pro some day. Good choice. There's no doubt in my mind you could use 2 transfer switch systems for 20 total circuits. Just do a double install side by side. You would need 2 generators as well 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuff EcoFlow has a setup that has a connect that uses a double voltage hub that requires to Delta Pros and provides 240V, However I do not nee this because I am only dealing with 110V service Only connecting 110V services to the Delta Pro and leaving the 220 V services connected to the grid. Even had my 220V Submersible well pump removed and replaced by a Grundfos 10SQ05-160 115v 3" Submersible Water Well Pump. If I installed a 2nd transfer switch could i use something like a Finderomend Dryer Splitter Adapter to connect both transfer switch to the Delta Pro. Presently have one extra battery and will be adding a secound when I get this setup.
So does the neutral from the generator just carry the imbalance of the branch circuits?also what does the single white wire from the transfer do?is it just for the power meters?
Those questions may go a bit beyond my basic knowledge. I know white is neutral, and the neutral and ground are bonded in the main panel. The 30 amp power supplied from the generator simply turns the house circuits into a bunch of extension cords. I'm sure there's more to it, but it's safe and it works so I'm happy 🤠👍
@@samsdoinstuff The white also should be the return path to the generator, I think. So it should have a connection to where you attached the white of the generator inlet.
Great question. You certainly can, but with this manual transfer switch, there is a hard disconnect from the grid power so you don't necessarily have to. Your generator will power the circuits you've chosen and when the power comes back on, you don't have to worry about back-feeding the grid because those circuits are disconnected through the transfer switch. Hope this helps! 🤠👍
If I use this box with the power being fed from a 120v source, how do I handle having 2 line wires to connect? Do I connect my one source line to both switch lines in? Would that cause an error, especially if the lines serviced are running into the house panel having 2 phases? I ran with the scenario I just described and do get GF error and am not able to power anything when I switch from Line to Gen. If that is the problem how do I separate the 2 phases in the switch box? I have reliance Model 30408. Thanks in advance.
50 videos on the transfer switch and not one video speaks to the meter shown at the to of the switch box; What does it measure in or out current? what to look for? how to read it? I'm not sure how to ignore it like it isn't there.
Great question and I'm sorry I didn't address that in the video. The meters measure the amount of power coming from the generator in relation to the amount used by each side of the transfer switch. It is ideal to keep each 120 volt side under equal load. The meters allow the user to monitor that load. Hope this helps 🤠👍
