Honda Power Equipment L14-20R User Manual

MANUAL TRANSFER SWITCH

Congratulations !

On the purchase of your new EmerGen Switch®, another

Gould premium quality product.

Your new EmerGen Switch will provide you with a way to safely utilize your generator power through your existing electrical wiring during a power outage. You’ll install your switch next to your home’s electrical panel load center and then you’ll connect circuit breaker wires to the transfer switch’s circuits. Once you power up your portable generator, you will manually each switch

goes through the house circuits you have previously chosen.

Your EmerGen Switch is easy for a licensed electrician or qualified professional to install, safe for a homeowner to operate, and will work with 120/240V single phase AC generators, factory equipped with NEMA type receptacles L14-20R

and that generator energy is transferred as electrical power and

turn on

Your EmerGen Switch will not permit connection to both utility and generator power at the same time.

Table of Contents

Safety Information Installation Preparation

Installation Instructions Page 3

Wiring to the Load Center Page 4

Installing 240 volt (2 pole) Circuits Page 5

Completing the Installation Page 6

Operation / Test Procedure Load Management

Page 2

Page 7

Trouble Shooting Page 8

SAFETY INFORMATION

1. The National Electrical Code states the connection of a generator to any electrical circuit normally powered by an electrical utility, must be by means of an approved transfer switch so as to isolate the electrical circuit from the utility system when the generator is operating. Your EmerGen Switch is approved by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory to accomplish the isolation this code is requiring.

2. Your EmerGen Switch is for indoor use only.

3. A licensed electrician or qualified professional must install this EmerGen Switch according to local code.

4. To reduce the risk of electrical shock, the MAIN circuit breaker in the load center must be in the OFF position during the course of installation.

GENERATOR

1. The portable generator used with your EmerGen Switch, must be operated outside of any building.

2. Always plug the power cord set into your generator and into the EmerGen Switch before starting the generator and always shut the generator down before detaching the power cord set.

3. Do not overload your generator or its circuit breakers will trip. Using the EmerGen Switch’s built-in watt meters, you can balance the loads to avoid impeding your generator’s performance.

INSTALLATION PREPARATION

1. Decide which circuits will be powered by the generator during a power outage. The recommended circuits include the fireplace fan or furnace fan (gas or fuel only), sump pump, refrigerator, freezer, one lighting or kitchen appliance circuit, and perhaps one lighting circuit elsewhere. Most well pumps are 240V—or any other 240V appliance—will utilize two EmerGen Switch circuits. (C&D on the 6 circuit models).

2. Identify the load center circuits you’ve determined are less than 15 amps. Designate each EmerGen Switch circuit that will be used.

Note: If a circuit you have selected is a GFCI circuit breaker, it will not be a GFCI circuit while it is powered by the generator.

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1. Determine where you want

your EmerGen Switch located, either to the left or right of the load center. The switch should be approximately 18” from the center of the load center, making sure that there is plenty of room to properly connect the flex conduit whip.

2. TURN OFF POWER. The main circuit breaker in your load center should be

switched to the OFF position. CAUTION—this does not affect the wires on the line side of the main breaker—they will remain live! Remove the cover of the load center.

3. Identify 3/4'' knockout to remove.

4. Insert the wires from the flex

conduit up through the knockout; take care not to nick or gouge the wires on the metal edge. Tighten the locknut securely onto the load center. The wires can hang freely.

5. Without over-manipulating the flex conduit, secure your EmerGen Switch to the

wall with fasteners appropriate for the wall’s construction. If you are mounting this unit flush to the wall, follow instructions included with the Flush Cover Kit.

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