Furnace Transfer Switch

[Tom-NJ2AS 31]

Anyone ever install one? I am thinking of grabbing one if home depot has them to run the furnace tonight. I started getting cold last night. This is what i was looking at

 

http://www.electricgeneratorsdirect.com/Reliance-Controls-TF151W/ ...

 

I am a bit worried as some people said watch how your generator is grounded? I was going to install this right at the furnace, not next to the panel.

 

Thanks

[Malsua 1,422]

I see no reason why that shouldn't work.

 

Don't sweat the ground. Ever been on a job site with generators running? Not a single one of them has a ground rod. 10s of thousands of generators are running in NJ right now...I'll bet not 1 in 1000 even bothered to think about grounding.

[remixer 1,645]

I did not know u had to ground a genny

 

[Tom-NJ2AS 31]

I'll check it out. the first night I wouldn't even run it in the rain. All my neigh its laughed at me. But the manual said not t. The next day I ran it in the rain no problems. Thanks for the replies.

[Parker 213]

I see no reason why that shouldn't work.

 

Don't sweat the ground. Ever been on a job site with generators running? Not a single one of them has a ground rod. 10s of thousands of generators are running in NJ right now...I'll bet not 1 in 1000 even bothered to think about grounding.

 

I stopped at my Dad's today to check in on him and my mother. Being an electrical engineer, and a pragmatic one at that, he had run a ground wire for his portable generator. He's 87 and still sharp as a tack.

[JrzyGuy30 0]

My genny has a nice 6ft long grounding rod hammered into the ground next to it and attached to the 'ground' on the genny. Not taking any chances!

[Qel Hoth 33]

 

I am a bit worried as some people said watch how your generator is grounded? I was going to install this right at the furnace, not next to the panel.

 

Thanks

 

You never want to have something grounded in two places, the two "grounds" may have different potentials, which will cause a (possibly dangerous) current to flow through the ground wire. If the transfer box is grounded in some way, you don't want to ground the generator.

[Tom-NJ2AS 31]

thanks for the replies. I couldnt find the transfer switch anyway, so i think i am going to order the interlok system off line for next time

[Sigman 41]

If you have a generator and thinking about a transfer switch, how about something like this:

 

http://www.electricg...33.html#reviews

 

You can add your furnace along with additional circuits.

[RubberBullets 65]

I wont even tell you what the guys did to stuff in the firehouse to run off the gen :ph34r:

[Tom-NJ2AS 31]

well. you cannot find the switches anywhere right now. I am going to do the emergency set up i see people do. I am going to take a 12 gauge extension cord and run it from the generator to the furnace. I have a shut off switch at the furnace. i will separate the wires and run cap the wires going back to the sub panel in a temp junction box, and then hard wire one end of the extension cord to the furnace wires in another temporary box. This way there is no chance in hell of back feeding the lines

 

thanks

[Tom-NJ2AS 31]

Well. It worked like a charm. Have the heat cranked up to 80 until I shut the generator off and put her in the garage fir the night. Thanks for all the help