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<blockquote data-quote="OKC03Cobra" data-source="post: 1684617" data-attributes="member: 7518"><p>I found this comment on another site:</p><p></p><p>1) Interlocks can fail, allowing both sides to be closed at the same time. I've been to building fires where this was the cause. A double-throw transfer switch cannot fail with both sides closed simultaneously.</p><p></p><p>2) The interlock does not lift the neutral/ground bond in the main panel when the generator is running, as it should. (Your "main" panel becomes a "sub" panel when the generator is running.</p><p></p><p>3) The interlock does not open the ground run to the pole, allowing for the possibility of ground faults (either inbound or outbound).</p><p></p><p>4) While the author of the video stressed that a "transfer" switch limited the breakers that could be closed to generator, as he was using the term he was referring to the combined transfer-and-critical-circuits switches sold for home use with small generators (often part of smaller Generac and similar packages). However, there are transfer switches that switch the whole panel, if this feature is considered important.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/140142-Interlock-vs-Transfer-Switch-for-generator/page2?" target="_blank">http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/140142-Interlock-vs-Transfer-Switch-for-generator/page2?</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OKC03Cobra, post: 1684617, member: 7518"] I found this comment on another site: 1) Interlocks can fail, allowing both sides to be closed at the same time. I've been to building fires where this was the cause. A double-throw transfer switch cannot fail with both sides closed simultaneously. 2) The interlock does not lift the neutral/ground bond in the main panel when the generator is running, as it should. (Your "main" panel becomes a "sub" panel when the generator is running. 3) The interlock does not open the ground run to the pole, allowing for the possibility of ground faults (either inbound or outbound). 4) While the author of the video stressed that a "transfer" switch limited the breakers that could be closed to generator, as he was using the term he was referring to the combined transfer-and-critical-circuits switches sold for home use with small generators (often part of smaller Generac and similar packages). However, there are transfer switches that switch the whole panel, if this feature is considered important. [url]http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/140142-Interlock-vs-Transfer-Switch-for-generator/page2?[/url] [/QUOTE]
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