Is this Transfer Switch legit?

[Minuteman]

I saw this pic on a local talk show hosts blog, and not sure if the Transfer Switch is a hack creation or a Eaton product.



Here's the blog http://www.ktok.com/pages/LeeMatthews.html

 

[qcroanoke]

I can't really tell what that is. It looks like someone's creation in an Eaton panel.
I would love to see more of the install But I'll bet you there is no UL label for it......
But if it doesn't feed back out on the utility he has done better than most DIY'ers.

 

[qcroanoke]

I saw this pic on a local talk show hosts blog, and not sure if the Transfer Switch is a hack creation or a Eaton product.

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Here's the blog http://www.ktok.com/pages/LeeMatthews.html

http://www.nextag.com/Reliance-Controls-Circuit-Transfer-70652612/prices-html

Here it is. Knew I'd seen it before........ But not inside an Eaton panel box.
Actually I like it! Shows someone thought that out.

 

[hillbilly1]

Looks like a Conneticut Electric transfer switch stuck inside a loadcenter enclosure. Can't tell for sure from the picture, but that looks like their logo on the interior.

 

[kennydmeek]

It's pretty much the standard transfer switch they sell at the big box stores around here. Nice way of hiding it....

 

[stickboy1375]

It's pretty much the standard transfer switch they sell at the big box stores around here. Nice way of hiding it....

Yep, I don't really see an issue with it, they just used a load center as a access box with a hinged door.

 

[mjf]

It's pretty much the standard transfer switch they sell at the big box stores around here. Nice way of hiding it....

Looks like the Reliance transfer switch that they stock at the supply house here. ( mounted in a cabinet, I guess)

 

[ActionDave]

I have seen one of these before. It was installed in the eighties. So I guess someone liked them enough that they are still made.

 

[hillbilly1]

I have seen one of these before. It was installed in the eighties. So I guess someone liked them enough that they are still made.

Yeah, they have been around a long time, not all that heavy duty though, I have had the rocker switches go bad without much use.

 

[Minuteman]

So, you think some EC bought a small Eaton C/H panel just to gut and us as a transfer cabinet?

 

[kwired]

So, you think some EC bought a small Eaton C/H panel just to gut and us as a transfer cabinet?

My guess - the panelboard was already there and contained the desired circuits to be connected to standby power. Maybe there never was a generator before but it was planned to someday put those circuits on one.

Owner purchases generator and transfer equipment - with built in branch circuit overcurrent devices - easy install is to remove guts from original panel and place that assembly in there since it fits easily.

Just a possibility - it could just be a way to make that transfer equipment into flush mount type and the cabinet was not there to begin with. That panelboard is probably cheaper than trying to buy any other cabinet to put it in and just discard the interior.

 

[Minuteman]

My guess - the panelboard was already there and contained the desired circuits to be connected to standby power.

There is a run of FMC going into the switch that makes me think that the it wasn't there before.

 

[stickboy1375]

So, you think some EC bought a small Eaton C/H panel just to gut and us as a transfer cabinet?

I've done stranger stuff for clients. Besides, he had to enter that recessed panel some how with the included FMC, I think this was his option

 

[stickboy1375]

There is a run of FMC going into the switch that makes me think that the it wasn't there before.

The FMC comes part of the Reliance transfer switch, it contains line and load conductors.

 

[1793]

I have installed about a dozen Reliance Transfer Switch sets. A couple of them I have done were recessed using the flush mount kit provided by Reliance. This might be a case where the flush mount kit was used and a cover was fitted over to hide the Transfer Switch. Don't know but ...

 

[stickboy1375]

I have installed about a dozen Reliance Transfer Switch sets. A couple of them I have done were recessed using the flush mount kit provided by Reliance. This might be a case where the flush mount kit was used and a cover was fitted over to hide the Transfer Switch. Don't know but ...

Im thinking they didn't know a flush kit was available, so this is what they did... in either case, its not a big deal, wall is still flush, and the universe is still existent.