It's the Cutler Hammer CH10GEN3060
At a customers new - used house.
Obviously you plug a generator into the 4 - prong.
The CH breakers let you select which circuits you wish to power in the house within what is provided by the gen.
What I don't understand is part of the operation....
There is a 2 - pole breaker in the house main panel to feed the buss from the gen panel whip. I got that.
The lit says this:
"Mechanically interlocked main disconnects prevent paralleling of normal and emergency power source"
What does this statement mean ? I know you have to isolate the gen panel from the POCO when in use. In that regard what is it saying ?
Do you still have to cut off the 200 amp main while in use - and turn on the 2 pole 30 in the main panel for the gen panel ? Or can the 2 pole 30 stay on all the time ?
Just a bit confused on the proper steps of operation and the lit doesn't fully explain it ?
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