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Instruction Booklet
IB 70-8704
Effective January 2009
Eaton Corporation’s Family of Manual Transfer Switches
for Residential and Light Commercial Applications
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Figure 3. Connection Locations for a Separately Derived System.
Connection for a Non-Separately Derived System:
2. For portable generators that are configured as a
Non- Separately Derived
system.
a. Connect the two hot wires from the utility to the utility
breaker poles #1 and #2. Connect the utility neutral to the
utility neutral lug. See Figure 3 for clarification.
b. Connect the two hot wires from the generator to the gen-
erator breaker poles #1 and #2. Connect the generator
neutral to the neutral bar. See Figure 3 for clarification.
dANger
FOr A NON-sepArATely derIved sysTem dO NOT CONNeCT The
UTIlITy Or geNerATOr NeUTrAls TO The UTIlITy breAker Or
geNerATOr breAker NeUTrAl pOle. These NeUTrAls mUsT be TIed
TOgeTher AT The NeUTrAl bAr. FAIlUre TO dO sO wIll leAd TO
eqUIpmeNT FAIlUre, FIre, Or pOssIble deATh dUe TO A FlOATINg
NeUTrAl CONdITION.
Do
Not
Connect
the Utility or
Generator
Neutrals to the
Breaker if the
Generator is
Configured as a
Non-Separately
Derived
System.
Leave These
Poles Empty.
Utility Pole #1
Utility Neutral
Utility Pole #2
Generator Neutral
Generator Pole #1
Generator Pole #2
