Transfer Switch
What is the cheapest, most compact, simplest transfer switch I can buy? It only has to switch 120V, 15 amps max.
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
To try and atone for my screwup may I suggest...?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/YC-GP-DPDT-2-YuCo-Power-Relay-110-120V-AC-Coil-30Amp-2-Pole-DPDT-Heavy-Duty-U-/282382602316?hash=item41bf50904c:g:G8cAAOSwXYtYukSS
I KNOW this style of relay can carry 30 amps of 240 vac either NO or NC. Matter of fact I like THIS relay even better. Transparent. Can view action and can view contact point.
Oh shoot I screwed myself. Now, I have GOT to order some of these...
Last year I got the NTE version of that switch, without the transparent case, for US$43 (C$57), on Amazon. But after buying a plastic electrical box to mount it in, and the wire strain reliefs for the box, and wiring it all in, I found it makes an insistent hummmmm when the coil is engaged and generates a fair amount of heat. It works fine though.
So am beginning to wish I had just bought a premade DC coil version like the 30A Prog Dynamics PD5110010 which I can get for C$88 on amazon.ca
Prog Dyn 30A Transfer Switch
And ok, I'm convinced. It's a good idea to switch BOTH hot and neutral!
