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<blockquote data-quote="Parks 788" data-source="post: 3922155" data-attributes="member: 14646"><p>I hope this video actually works as I don't know how to do youtube or the like.</p><p></p><p>Here's the deal. We have a 400amp electrical panel that is on our home. In October we had a 24Kw Generac home generator installed. Due to the amount of power we wanted for the house it required two "subpanels" installed, one on each side of the main electrical panel. Ever since we had the generator panels installed we get an occasional siren/alarm that sounds at random times and can last for a couple days to a week or more. THen all of sudden it stops and will be silent for a length of time. very random with the alarm noise. It is also a very faint alarm noise as it can only be heard if you walk right by the panel or it is a very still night. On a normal day even living out in the country you can't hear it standing just 30' away. It's a weird deal. </p><p></p><p>These panels are on the outside of one of our garage walls. If you go inside the garage where the panels breakers are located you can hear the alarm, nothing. I sent this video to the Generac sales guy and he basically said that it's not coming from the transfer switch and that transfer switches don't have the ability to make noise and has no idea what it is. Never heard the alarm before. I even asked him to send it to his engineers, etc, but don't know if he will. </p><p></p><p>Do any of you electricians on here have a clue what this noise could be or what might be making this noise? We have no other electronic devices in the area and the alarm noise is isolated to the panel area. By the video it sounds like it's coming from the top of the panel area where teh gray conduit is coming out of the generac panel. What say you? </p><p></p><p>Turn you volume way up to listen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Parks 788, post: 3922155, member: 14646"] I hope this video actually works as I don't know how to do youtube or the like. Here's the deal. We have a 400amp electrical panel that is on our home. In October we had a 24Kw Generac home generator installed. Due to the amount of power we wanted for the house it required two "subpanels" installed, one on each side of the main electrical panel. Ever since we had the generator panels installed we get an occasional siren/alarm that sounds at random times and can last for a couple days to a week or more. THen all of sudden it stops and will be silent for a length of time. very random with the alarm noise. It is also a very faint alarm noise as it can only be heard if you walk right by the panel or it is a very still night. On a normal day even living out in the country you can't hear it standing just 30' away. It's a weird deal. These panels are on the outside of one of our garage walls. If you go inside the garage where the panels breakers are located you can hear the alarm, nothing. I sent this video to the Generac sales guy and he basically said that it's not coming from the transfer switch and that transfer switches don't have the ability to make noise and has no idea what it is. Never heard the alarm before. I even asked him to send it to his engineers, etc, but don't know if he will. Do any of you electricians on here have a clue what this noise could be or what might be making this noise? We have no other electronic devices in the area and the alarm noise is isolated to the panel area. By the video it sounds like it's coming from the top of the panel area where teh gray conduit is coming out of the generac panel. What say you? Turn you volume way up to listen. [/QUOTE]
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