GerryB
Senior Member
- Location
- woodbridge, ct. USA
I'm hoping someone can reply to this. It is not about bonding. I installed a manuel 200 amp transfer switch for a customer for their generator. (portable) I mounted it adjacent to the 200 amp panel, took the SEU out of the panel and fed the top line side of the tranfer switch and re-fed the 200 amp main from the center load position of the transfer switch. The local utility company has one paragraph in their guideline book about generators. It states "Such installations require an adequately sized double throw or open transition switch. The switch must be on the load side of the main disconnect switch and metering equipment. The switch must disconnect the Company's lines from the Customer's wiring before the generator can be connected to supply electricity." They are saying they want the main breaker before the transfer switch. The only way to do that is change the meter outside to a meter with the 200 amp breaker in. I thought and one local electrical inspector agreed that the tranfer switch becomes the main disconnect and the panel then is a sub-panel. The tranfer switch is service rated equipment. Nothing at all changes from the utilty company point of view as I can see. The SEU is still hot from the meter to first disconnect point.(only 3 or 4 feet) Any replys?