That is one crazy tandem quad pole(?) breaker. Interesting!
In reality or to be precised the 30A are 2 poles and the 15A are single pole in this configuration. So you can run 240V on the 30A breakers in a safe manner. The beauty of it is, you can have on multitude of configuration. When your electrical panel is full, these are real space saver.
Yeah I just called it quad pole because it's 4 on 1 breaker. Really it's like you said. I've never seen one like that. It is really interesting and a cleaver way to get more single phase circuits if you're only left with some dual phase ones.
got this installed today. is it possible to swap the two 30s out? im not using the dual 30s, although looking at it now we probably could have done upstairs ac?
i dunno. whatd you guys pick? this'll give us living room, fridge, one bathroom, internet, and furnace. i dont even know if internet works in a power outage. lol. open to feedback.
yes, you can swap out the 30s. See:
yes you can change out those two pole breakers. Make sure you use Siemens breakers though! And while you are at it I’d change that 15 amp breaker with the wire connecting the breaker handles together with a proper Siemens 15 amp two pole breakers. You want both breakers to trip if there is a fault on one part of the circuit.got this installed today. is it possible to swap the two 30s out? im not using the dual 30s, although looking at it now we probably could have done upstairs ac?
i dunno. whatd you guys pick? this'll give us living room, fridge, one bathroom, internet, and furnace. i dont even know if internet works in a power outage. lol. open to feedback.
Hack is the right term for doing something wrongI was able to test today the 'hack' with a new 2ft cable made by me and not connecting the ground wire, everything works ok.
However, the electric company called me and they told me that they are ordering the whole house transfer switch 6382, hopefully they can figure out what to be done with the aparent missing of switched neutral kit 6297.
Will keep everyone posted, the estimated for getting the parts is 1-2 weeks.
Is this the switched neutral kit?Get it while you can because
Yes, the neutral and ground have been bonded at everyones service entrance since the 1920’s
An electrician wil wire it that way. The NEC requires there to be a single neutral gound bond somewhere. In the case of my home (which I wired in accordance with the NEC and Wyoming law) the utility requires that bond out in the meterbox. So I had to remove the green screw that came in the panel I bought. Had they allowed that green screw to be the bonding point, I might have researched it and, if legitimate, used removing that screw when on the F-150 generator to be the way to get the generator to work.
What I don't get is why these guys don't make a whole house panel. The 7.2 kW generator in the truck will run the whole house. What's more important is that it is a "True 7.2 kW" generator. What I mean by that is the engine driving it is much larger than the generator, so there's no reduction of power available for altitude. I happen to live at over 5,000 feet altitude so there's a reduction of 30% power if your engine is matched to your generator. I need a 30 or 40 slot panel like this.
