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E. Installing 240 Volt Circuits
Reliance Controls 6-Circuit Transfer switch (In Kit) is shipped from
the factory with one installed handle tie on two adjacent circuits.
Let’s assume that, according to your set-up plan, Switches A & B
on the 6-Circuit transfer switch will be used to supply power to your
well pump, a 240 Volt appliance. (Figure 6)
1.
Find the two red and the two black wires marked A & B.
2.
Turn off the double pole breaker for the well pump in the load
center.
3.
Disconnect the two installed wires on the double pole breaker.
4.
Cut the two red wires from marked A & B at a length
convenient for them to reach to the double pole breaker. Strip
5/8” from the end of each red wire. Connect both red wires to
the double pole circuit breaker in place of the wires you just
removed from that breaker. It doesn’t matter in what order.
5.
Cut the two black wires marked A & B to a length convenient to
reach the wires you removed from the double pole breaker in
#3. Strip 5/8” from the end of each wire.
6.
Connect one of the wires you removed from the double pole
breaker in #3 with one of the black wires (either A & B) with
an appropriate wire connector. Similarly, connect the other
wire you removed with the remaining black wire with an
appropriate w i re connector.
F. Completing the Installation of the
Transfer Switch
When you have wired all of the circuits from the transfer switch into
your load center and have properly installed the green and white
wires to the ground and neutral bars, you have finished the
installation.
Just a few more steps to wrap things up.
1.
Replace the cover of the load center.
2.
If you have not already done so, fill in the chart on the transfer
switch to identify your emergency circuits and the toggle
switches they correspond to.
3.
Do not turn the main and individual circuit breakers in your load
center back on until you have installed all other transfer switch
components in Sections G and H which follow.
When Installing 240 Volt Circuits
The transfer switch circuits with 20 Amp breakers must be con-
nected only to branch circuits with 20 Amp breakers in the load
center. Do not connect transfer switch circuits to any branch cir-
cuits greater than 20 Amps, except A and B positions (30A max).
A 20 amp breaker can be changed to a 15 amp breaker if needed.
NOTE:
The transfer switch circuits with 15 Amp breakers can be
connected to branch circuits with either 15 or 20 Amp breakers
in the load center. This is because there is 12 AWG behind all
switches except A and B which use 10 AWG.
Removing handle ties.
If there are no 240 volt or multi-wire circuits in the transfer switch installation, handle ties on the
switches are not needed. To remove a handle tie, place the handle-tied switches in a position opposite of the other
switches. Rotate the cylindrical spacer between the switches upward repeatedly until the threaded shaft is exposed on the
right switch. Grab the threaded shaft and continue to rotate the spacer upward until the spacer is free, being carefully not
to drop the spacer when it becomes free. Remove the shaft from the switch. If the shaft is not exposed after several
revolution of the spacer, insert a small slot screwdriver in the hole in the right switch and continue rotating the spacer
upward while the screw driver prevents the shaft from rotating.
Adding handle ties.
If additional ties are needed to accommodate additional 240 volt or multi-wire circuits, they can be
added to adjacent pairs of switches.
Figure 6
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