Power Transfer Switch Burning Up
Hi there New to this forum. This was where I was directed by a couple friends to get help with technical issues. I just brought my fifth wheel back home from storage and started in on a rotten f...
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A Transfer switch is just 2 to 3 relay's, nothing fancy. The OP overloaded the system and the WEAKEST point failed. Which was the loose Neutral wire. The system generates extreme heat when overloaded and the Neutral burnt due to that heat. Your post is an excellent question that most people do NOT understand----Some assume that the FEED breaker will trip and save the burning or possible fire from overloading a circuit. NO always so and not so most of the time. One of the most common causes of failure of any RV transfer switch is running more amps than the feed circuit can supply. The Heat build up causes the relay's to fail. Doug
