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William
- Jan 1, 1970
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Does the transfer switch isolate the Neutral, as well? Should it? I've got
3 phase 220V, L1 L2 L3 neutral. The neutral is a huge earth grid
underground, and I was wondering if I should use this when running off the
gennie. (That is, tie the neutral of the gennie to the utility neutral)
The main power feed goes to a warehouse, and then to 2 separate, smaller
buildings. (Office and sleeping area, each about 100M away)) The office is
fed with a seven-core cable, but I'm only using 2 wires at the moment.
(office load is 5 CF's and a computer) The sleeping area fed with heavy 4
core. (some lights, fridge, TV)
The feed to the office is basically a long extension cord from the
warehouse. When there is a power failure, I start the gennie in the
warehouse (3.3KW), unplug the office feed and plug it into the gennie. Then
I run ANOTHER extension cord from the office up to the living area for some
lights/TV etc. This is a bit of a hassle.
What I'm really grappling with is how to improve this! Ideally, what I'd
LIKE to do is use 1 phase for 'gennie power'; where I leave the other phases
on, and only use a transfer switch on, say L1. Is there a safe, practical
way of doing this? Can I do this?
William.
3 phase 220V, L1 L2 L3 neutral. The neutral is a huge earth grid
underground, and I was wondering if I should use this when running off the
gennie. (That is, tie the neutral of the gennie to the utility neutral)
The main power feed goes to a warehouse, and then to 2 separate, smaller
buildings. (Office and sleeping area, each about 100M away)) The office is
fed with a seven-core cable, but I'm only using 2 wires at the moment.
(office load is 5 CF's and a computer) The sleeping area fed with heavy 4
core. (some lights, fridge, TV)
The feed to the office is basically a long extension cord from the
warehouse. When there is a power failure, I start the gennie in the
warehouse (3.3KW), unplug the office feed and plug it into the gennie. Then
I run ANOTHER extension cord from the office up to the living area for some
lights/TV etc. This is a bit of a hassle.
What I'm really grappling with is how to improve this! Ideally, what I'd
LIKE to do is use 1 phase for 'gennie power'; where I leave the other phases
on, and only use a transfer switch on, say L1. Is there a safe, practical
way of doing this? Can I do this?
William.