Emerson 185 User Manual

ASCO S

ERIES

185 Power Transfer Switches

24-hour protection no matter
when trouble strikes

ASCO Series 185 Power Transfer Switches

An Automatic Transfer Switch helps prevent...

• Your business or home from losing
power during bad weather or utility
power equipment failures

• The loss of valuable information
needed from your computer to
keep your business going or main­tain important personal data

• Frozen and ruptured water pipes,
flooded basements, as well as loss
of heat, well water, air conditioning,
sump pump, and other vital
systems

• Frozen foods from thawing, and
refrigerated foods from spoiling

ASCO is there for you even when you’re not

Computers, commu­nication and information
systems, security systems,
cash registers, heating
systems, water heaters,
refrigerators and freezers, air
conditioners, sump pumps,
well pumps...nearly every
system in your business or
home depends on electric
power. It’s easy to take that

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power for granted, but when
it fails, the results can be
disastrous. Generators can
restore power to these vital
systems...but they can only
operate when someone
turns them on! So what
do you do when no one is
around?
ASCO SerieS 185
Automatic Transfer Switch

• Personal injury and generator
damage by eliminating the
possibility of connecting the
utility and generator at the
same time

products provide all the
intelligence your genera­tor needs to make sure the
power stays on when utility
power fails. It automatically
senses loss of utility power,
and signals your generator
to start and restore power to
your business or home. The
SerieS 185 Automatic Transfer
Switch will automatically

transfer your vital loads back
to utility power when it has
been restored.
Working hand in hand
with your generator, ASCO’s
SerieS 185 Automatic Transfer
Switch silently provides
dependable 24-hour protec­tion from a power failure,
and springs into action only
when needed.

ASCO Power Transfer Switch
Solutions for Powerful Peace of Mind

Power protection.

• Power outages cause millions of dollars of
damage to businesses and residences annually...
not to mention jeopardizing personal safety and
convenience.

• A generator is only one piece of the solution...
ASCO provides the other.

• An ASCO SerieS 185 Automatic Transfer Switch is
the vital electrical link that helps make continu­ous power virtually seamless...and hassle free.

• ASCO SerieS 185 Automatic Transfer Switches
are suitable for operation with most portable or
permanently mounted standby generators from
2 kW to 80 kW.

• Whether you’re home or not, an ASCO SerieS185
Automatic Transfer Switch and your generator
will provide the ability to maintain power to
your business or home.

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Protect your home, business, and peace of mind with the
ASCO

series 185 Automatic Transfer Switch.

Why should you choose an ASCO
Automatic Power Transfer Switch?

Customer service, rock-solid dependability,
and the industry’s highest performance have
made ASCO the first choice in emergency
power for more than 80 years. Our power
transfer switches are used in more emer­gency power backup systems worldwide than
any other. ASCO is the name behind most of
the technological advances in transfer switch
design, and we have more patents than all
other manufacturers combined. ASCO trans­fer switches are the first choice for installa­tions of every kind, from homes and small
businesses to the largest financial data centers
and hospitals in the world.

What you should know about UL
1008—and your safety.

The SerieS 185—and every ASCO Transfer
Switch—meets or exceeds the stringent
requirements of UL 1008, the only UL trans­fer switch standard. It even says so right
on the front panel. If you don’t see the UL
“Automatic Transfer Switch” label...you’re
not getting the best protection money can
buy.

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ASCO SerieS 185 Rated 200 Amps

Performance sets the series 185 apart

The SerieS 185 Automatic Transfer Switch incorporates
the latest technology developed by ASCO for depend­able operation in any environment

• When utility power fails for just 1 second or more,
the SerieS 185 Automatic Transfer Switch signals the
generator to start

• In less than 30 seconds your electrical power is
normally restored

System Diagram

• Once the SerieS 185 Automatic Transfer Switch senses
utility power has reached an acceptable voltage level
for a period of time, it automatically reconnects your
power

• It then smoothly shuts the generator down after an
adjustable 2 - 5 minute cool-down period to extend
generator life

• The user-friendly control panel also allows you to
manually run a test at the push of a button

• LED indicators let you know the availability of both
power sources and transfer switch positions

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