I second these, theyre cheap and easy, we hardwire them and w put plugs on them for portable generator https://www.donrowe.com/PowerMax-PMTS-30-Automatic-Transfer-Switch-p/pmts-30.htm?gclid=CjwKCAjwnef6BRAgEiwAgv8mQaUjgbYD-kBNWyQY1A83bEBWIRL_gUbsiEjIUIjvHPtghoAPRLqo-RoC0EYQAvD_BwE
this one has more whistle https://www.amazon.com/Go-Power-TS-30-Automatic-Transfer/dp/B00153EYTO/ref=asc_df_B00153EYTO/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312146506965&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=4470987733912037695&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9022172&hvtargid=pla-436834989828&psc=1 On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 3:58 PM Jason Wilson <ja...@remotelylocated.com> wrote: > The Prowatt will favor one over the other. I have my AC main going to the > favored port. When utility comes on it takes over the the generator is > allowed to run out of fuel. The generators input comes from an outlet on > the outside of the cabinet. > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 13:54 Jason Wilson <ja...@remotelylocated.com> > wrote: > >> This is what we use. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 13:31 Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: >> >>> No, I don’t think so. Some are. >>> >>> >>> >>> You want to avoid the ones that won’t switch off commercial power until >>> it drops below something like 80 V. Those are fine for boats and RVs to >>> switch between shore power and an inverter, because the commercial power is >>> either there or it isn’t. But at our tower sites, it seems like at least >>> half of power failures are partial voltage, we see anything from 60 to 90 >>> volts, and most electronics won’t run on that. Nothing pisses me off like >>> driving to a tower site that’s down, and finding 4 days worth of fully >>> charged batteries for the inverter, but the ATS is delivering 85 volts to >>> the loads thinking that should be just fine. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Adam Moffett >>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2020 2:31 PM >>> *To:* af@af.afmug.com >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Looking for a 20A Auto Transfer Outdoor >>> switch/plug >>> >>> >>> >>> I wouldn't have thought of that. >>> >>> Are all transfer switches just relays with an ac powered coil? >>> >>> >>> >>> On 9/10/2020 2:01 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: >>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/Enclosed-Pre-Wired-Relay-300VAC-DPDT/dp/B008HOQZ8C >>> >>> $36.50 Already in a box. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/TWTADE-JQX-62F-2Z-Voltage-Electronmagnetic-Relay/dp/B07FCJFGL9/ref=sr_1_19?dchild=1&keywords=120v+relay&qid=1599760852&sr=8-19 >>> >>> >>> >>> $29.36 >>> >>> >>> >>> Or a pair of simple contactors wired up as a DPDT. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* Sterling Jacobson >>> >>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2020 11:47 AM >>> >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Looking for a 20A Auto Transfer Outdoor >>> switch/plug >>> >>> >>> >>> Yeah, yeah. >>> >>> >>> >>> I guess next best thing is to add an outdoor rated reverse twistlock 20A >>> plug to the side of the cabinet and use an internal solution for the >>> automatic transfer part. >>> >>> >>> >>> I’ll go start perusing the RV/Yachting pages for that. >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On >>> Behalf Of *Chuck McCown >>> *Sent:* Thursday, September 10, 2020 11:37 AM >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>> <af@af.afmug.com> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Looking for a 20A Auto Transfer Outdoor >>> switch/plug >>> >>> >>> >>> Not sure you will find an auto transfer. But a $10 contractor will do >>> the job, >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sep 10, 2020, at 11:18 AM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> I should have just asked this here first instead of the Facebook groups. >>> >>> Sometimes people are just so lazy it makes me doubt humanity. >>> >>> All I got out of Facebook so far with this questions is idiots >>> mansplaining hack about things I already know. >>> >>> >>> >>> Anywho: >>> >>> >>> >>> If you know of a product that exists that fits the bill, please point me >>> in the right direction because I’m having a hell of a time finding it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Basically this, but AUTO TRANSFER instead of manual: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.steadypower.com/products.php?product=Reliance-CSR201L-Transfer-Switch-%2820A%29 >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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