Planning Auto Transfer Switch Installation
Hello All, I've been trying to read other posts about installs of transfer switches, but getting myself more confused than anything else. We have a 5th, which we have parked seasonally where the...
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SNOMORE wrote:
As for the converter - Actually, a easy solution for this is to install a simple 120v 18A relay from Amazon with "Normally Closed" contacts. Link to Amazon part is below. Costs less than $8. Got a pre-stripped lamp cord from Walmart for $3.50 and plugged it into the inverter and use it a to energize relay coil. and then switched the black wire on the converter outlet via the relay so that when the inverter is on, converter is off.
Amazon Relay
That sir, is a fabulous solution! I imagine the relay trips fast enough to not cause the converter to start?
