Generator Transfer Switch Woes
I am presently trying to deal with an intermittently operating generator transfer switch on the '99 Southwind 36Z I have owned since new. Sometimes after starting the gen set it will kick in after the...
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OnaQuest wrote:
The second problem is that the MAIN transfer switch (the one you ARE looking for) is indeed mounted on the back side of the main breaker panel. It is actually inside the panel as an integral part of the box. If you take the front cover off the circuit breakers, you will see the Black and White wires coming through a hole in the back of the panel to the main breaker. They are coming from the transfer switch.
So, if I understand you, the main transfer switch is mounted inside the box, rather than on the outside rear surface of the box as I understood (misunderstood) from previous discussions. Is this integral switch separately replaceable, or must I get a whole new box?
Now I must wait for daylight to go crack that panel again and have another look.
Thanks very much for setting me straight. It would have been very frustrating to go through the refrigerator removal and replacement of the wrong component, only to find the original problem still plaguing me.
