Backup Generators

NoBozo · 03-05-2013, 09:35 PM

No Silver or Gold terminals on the Leviton connector supplied with the transfer switch. Just the Green.

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EDIT: See post #85.

Rusty · 03-05-2013, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by NoBozo

No Silver or Gold terminals on the Leviton connector supplied with the transfer switch. Just the Green.

NB

The below example will be for your inlet. Your blades are probably the same size and one might be gold and the other silver. If they are then hook the black wire to the gold blade. If not then the white wire goes to the right when the ground terminal is at the top as shown:

Happy Gourmand · 03-06-2013, 08:01 AM

Some good advice here...and some bad advice too. How do you choose?
Best advice....mount all the hardware, run all the wires...then call a licensed electrician to make the final connections. Could end up being the best $100 or so you spend.

NoBozo · 03-06-2013, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

The below example will be for your inlet. Your blades are probably the same size and one might be gold and the other silver. If they are then hook the black wire to the gold blade. If not then the white wire goes to the right when the ground terminal is at the top as shown:

Looking head on at the prongs....with the ground on the top, my white wire is on the left as shown on your illustration.

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Rusty · 03-06-2013, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by NoBozo

Looking head on at the prongs....with the ground on the top, my white wire is on the left as shown on your illustration.

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You are correct.

NoBozo · 03-06-2013, 11:59 AM

Thanks guys for the input. I had a closer look this morning. There ARE Gold and Silver terminals. Everything checks out. It's wired correctly.

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Here is the recepticle used.

http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/Produ...minisite=10251

03-05-2013, 09:35 PM	#1
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	No Silver or Gold terminals on the Leviton connector supplied with the transfer switch. Just the Green. NB EDIT: See post #85. Last edited by NoBozo; 03-06-2013 at 12:06 PM.

03-06-2013, 11:59 AM	#6
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	New Update Thanks guys for the input. I had a closer look this morning. There ARE Gold and Silver terminals. Everything checks out. It's wired correctly. NB Here is the recepticle used. http://www.leviton.com/OA_HTML/Produ...minisite=10251

03-06-2013, 08:01 AM	#3
Happy Gourmand Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Ruskin FL Posts: 1,027 Thanks: 188 Thanked 322 Times in 179 Posts	Some good advice here...and some bad advice too. How do you choose? Best advice....mount all the hardware, run all the wires...then call a licensed electrician to make the final connections. Could end up being the best $100 or so you spend.