Generator Transfer Switch + Anker SOLIX F3800 = Whole Home Backup Power!!
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Stop Using Extension Cords and Power Everything form a Single Place. Beginner Friendly How To Step by Step Guide Installing a Reliance Generator Transfer Switch.
1. Its a Simple and Sustainable Replacement for Gas Generators
○ Safe for Indoor Battery Back Up like an Anker SOLIX F3800
○ Clean Energy Avoiding noxious fumes from gas
○ Low Noise when operating at maximum output power
2. Maximize power experience through minimal setup with a new home power panel which will be launched in March 2024
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0:00 - Intro
1:55 - 2 Box's
2:35 - Anker SOLIX F3800 Info
4:48 - Familiarize Yourself with a Transfer Switch
9:28 - Items NOT included
9:54 - What Critical Loads to Backup
11:31 - Step One Turn Off AC
12:34 - Where to Install
13:01 - Knockout Removal
13:49 - Conduit Install
15:33 - Mount Transfer Switch and Wire Gen Port
17:03 - Wiring your Circuits
17:28 - Main Panel VS Sub Panel
19:23 - 240v Circuits
21:28 - 120v Circuits
23:16 - What Actually Happens
24:28 - Close up Panel and Power On
24:57 - How to Use
27:40 - Few last things
29:11 - Outtakes
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One of most thorough and comprehensive videos on installing a manual transfer switch.
Thank You!💥🤘
50 videos on the transfer switch and not one other video speaks to the meter shown at the to of the switch box; I wasn't sure how to ignore the meter like it wasn't there. Thank you sir for doing a great video!! And being detailed!!
I would have shown more on the meter if I had a big load on one or both legs to show it moving. Basically they are there to show if you have a balanced load.
@@AveRage_Joe Thank you!
speaking of furnace, I am propane delivery and service guy. I see more and more people switching their furnace from light switch to an outlet power. the reason for that is so they can use inverter to run furnace, obviously heat comes from propane, but you still need some power to run blower and controller. I had a guy have 6 regular deep cycle batteries in the room next to furnace and standby inverter and that has an outlet coming to the furnace waiting to be plugged in.
I plan to do a video installing one of those. Have the parts on hand!😀🤘
One of the reasons the code doesn't want a cord put on a gas furnace is that too many people put to small of a cord on the furnace. It must be an appliance rated cord for at least 15 amps. This is still not accepted by the National Electrical Code, but it does work. I know because I was an Electrical Inspector for many years before I retired.
@@OUFan2 modern furnace only take 6 amps
The font on the thumbnail put the A-Team intro in my head. “If you have an outage. If you’re sick of extension cords. And if you can find it, then maybe you can buy… a transfer switch *blam*blam*blam*blam*. Yeah, I’m old. Solid video man :) 💥
LOVE THAT! I grew up watching the A-Team, Airwolf and Night Rider. Im just as old!😲😆
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Ohh my "age" + - or (generation/tor)). lol 😆😁🤣
Have a good one!!
Need to add the bi line " I pity da Fool" from Mr T - yeah it's from Rocky 3- but it would fit into the original A-Team
😅😅😅love it
I always enjoy watching your content very well put and appreciated.
I’m glad to see you’re getting some good equipment in to setup.
Yeah were getting some good equipment😄
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Thanks for watching man!🤘
Extremely well done video sir, thanks.
Here's a game. Take a shot every time Joe says "alright" in this video. you will not get hammered (much) LMAO.
You forgot "OK" 😄 Then we get 🔨🔨😆😆
@@AveRage_Joe that too :D
Awesome detail. Thanks
I am guilty, guilty , guilty, guilty of having extension cords running around the walls, down the hall way and etc. This is an exceptional well detailed video Joe with above average oral dictation that is easy too follow. Thanks
I think were all guilty lol😄 Thanks again for watching!💥
This was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!
Awesome! Glad it was some help!
Really good presentation!👏🏾👍🏾
Thank You!💥🤘
Very well done.
Thanks!💥🤘
Fantastic video. It is very detailed and shows just how easy it is to do this.
How would you install this Transfer Switch, if your main panel in you home is recessed in the wall with only the breaker box lid exposed on the dry wall without having to cut out the drywall?
Great video! I always learn something new watching your content. Thanks for creating.
Thank You I appreciate that! Thanks for Watching!💥
Awesome video
Thank You!
Joe you did a great job in this video of showing how to install a generator transfer switch. Well done
Thank you and Thanks for watching!💥🤘
Love this
Thank You!💥
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Great walkthrough! Should be very helpful to people trying to start with backup power!
Thanks Man! Was trying to make it as clear as I could. Seems many dont these days.🤘
What’s the advantage of having a sub panel versus having an interlock switch?
I can use all of my breakers on the interlock switch.
Mainly having the EZPZ option to switch between either. With the interlock, its all or none. Still not a problem tho. I actually have both the interlock and a transfer switch installed😄
The main advantage of using the transfer switch is that you can power your critical loads off of the inverter/battery 100% of the time and not even see a power interruption on those loads if the grid goes down. Of course you need to have a way to charge your battery by grid pass through(when grid is on), solar or generator. It allows you to start to harvest your solar generated power while still having the grid as a backup if there is not enough solar for your critical loads.
I was wondering where Joe. You and me must think the same. One month before main is installed.
Well done Joe! I wish you had made this months ago as I watched a few videos before installing my Reliance transfer switch. As you covered all the questions I ran into when doing mine. One tip I would share for larger panels (more circuits), would be to put a piece of tape on the Circuit breaker you are going to power, marking it with which transfer switch circuit you are going to use. A-B-C etc., makes it easier when the cover is off.
Please keep up the great work.
Thanks! Yeah thats not a bad idea for others to do.🤘
Excellent video!
I have this set up and was thinking about running my 10 circuits off of my solar back up system but was not sure if I could do it with the grid turned on for the other circuits. Thank you for this information!
Yes Sirr! Just switch it on over and your good to go!💥🤘
All right.
Okay😆🤘
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Great video How much would cost to hire an electrician to wire up something like that on average?
I have one of these switches hooked up to my two Growatts, works great. If my batteries get to low, I just go back to grid till solar charges them again.
Nice and a great way to use it!💥🤘
Question: Can you use two generator backups? One of those transfer switches would only cover 4 or 5 of my main switches. I have 15 total switches in my box, and most of them are 20-30 amps, and only 2 are 15 amps.
How do you connect two 3800's together? Once this is done can you also add the additional batteries and run everything to power your home when the power is out? Thank you
Q? If power is taken out and your running the Solix, and say it takes a couple days to get power back, can you charge the Solix while it's running , can you charge from a fuel generator and how much power can you input into the battery?
By what I have read is that you can charge with solar while the power generator is in use, but you can not charge with grid power or any source of AC power, like a gas generator while the Solix generator is being used in 240 volt mode to feed any transfer switch or 240 volt load. I hear they are trying to fix this. You can do this with an EcoFlow Delta Pro Ultra, but not with an EcoFlow Delta Pro or the Solix F3800.
@@OUFan2 That's good to know. Thanks for the info.
👏🏼👏🏼Bravo! Very good. One question, once the power has gone out, are you supposed to turn off the main breaker and all other breakers in your main panel before you start generator and switch to gen ? Or can you ignore the main panel box?
Thank you! You can leave the main panel. All you need to do is plug in and then flip the switches on the gen panel.🤘
If the backup batterty is your backup, how do you keep the battert charged while all is normal?
👍again
Wouldn't you have to switch the neutral too? It's still connected to the grid neutral. If something shorts out would it not feed power back to the lineman working on the system?
If I use this box with the power being fed from a 120v source (solar or battery instead of a generator), how do I handle having 2 line wires to connect from the source to the switch box? Do I connect my one source line to both switch lines in? Would that cause an error, especially if the lines serviced are running into the house panel having 2 phases? I ran with the scenario I just described, using a Renogy 3000 watt 120v inverter and I am indeed getting a GF error and am not able to power anything when I switch from Line to Gen. If that is the problem how do I separate the 2 phases in the switch box? I have the Reliance Switch Model 30408. Thanks in advance.
What brand of breakers are in the Reliance?
Great illustration video. I live in the Philippines and all of my home is on 220v. If I'm using this with my 30a of my Bluetti, can I use all 10 circuit s as 220, or are the single breakers on rated for US 110v? Thank you for all your awesome videos!!
Thanks and thats a great question! What kind breakers do you have in your panel now. Do you know if they say 220v on them? I could open this panel up and see if they say voltage on them. I would imagine it says 120/240v and 50/60hz but can check.
The transfer switch shown is intended for use on 110v circuits. You need one specific to be used in the Philippines.
The downside with the Reliance boxes is that they do not switch the neutral, so you can't use it with generators like mine where the neutral and ground are bonded at the generator.
Yep, You only want the bond in the main panel.
Any suggestions on what panel to use for a Sienna Hybrid hookup with Inverter?
Considering Anker Battery + Sienna.
I couldnt find a sienna hybrid inverter. Only thing that came up were vans. Is there another name?
@@AveRage_Joe I'm talking about the van itself -- they have 1500 watt inverters, would love to use it to power fridges on a switch in emergency. Thanks for taking the time to reply by the way
Oh lol my bad. I would imagine you could install a mini transfer switch on the AC output wires of the inverter and the Anker. That way you could use either option. Could probly get one like I have. Picture should be on my community post page. Cheap on amazon😄
Any follow up videos planned for the Time of Use from the ecoflow delta pro ultra? Be cool to see how it did over the time period
Yeah Ill be doin moar vids here soon!🤘
Great to hear! I really enjoy seeing the graphs and cost vs savings! I really think the smart panel 2 would help me save money I'm just not sure how it handles situations where lets say the AC unit turns on and it goes over the 10,000watts. Hoping it just pulls the extra from the grid instead of turning off completely@@AveRage_Joe
So the anker is only 25amp/240v out?
Yep 6000w or 25a at 240v.
I'm about to install my new Solix f3800 with a transfer switch. I am confused why there are individual breakers in your transfer switch. It seems like most people would tap off of their existing household panel with wire nuts and use the breakers that are already in service in the original panel, in my case there are AFCIs which are very expensive to replace
You keep all your original breakers in your panel and use them in "normal grid mode" as I explained and also wire nut to them or use wago connectors.
I talked to an engineer at Reliance Transfer switches and he told me that all of their units have Breakers in them and if my main panel has afci Breakers they will trip when the transfer is made and I will just have to reset them after grid power comes back on thanks for your video it gave me a lot of insight.
Interesting, thanks for the info!
transfer switch link?
That’s a lot of wire introduced to your existing electrical panel. Mine has a lot of wires already. Not sure all that extra will fit in there.
Can you be plugged into the main and the generator transfer switch at the same time like an ups? UPS for your home?
It will only use one or the other. If you are using the Anker F3800, they have the new home power panel which will do that. It uses the F3800 for ups or using it as an offgrid solutuon. I did a quick demo of that on my channel as well.
What happens if you’re using any battery generator station. Can you have it plugged into a plug to run as a bypass and to charge the batteries and than if power goes out the battery generator station automatically kicks on tomorrow power the load or does that create a ground neutral bond loop?
Yeah its if you use any power station. If it is plugged into the transfer switch and you are using the power station as the ups, it creates a ground loop. Tell you what tho, Ive done it. Would do it if there was a crazy storm and needed something to stay on no matter what.
Agreed, but would be nice if someone came up with a transfer switch that you can use with a ups such as. Solar generator that you can leave plugged in and use for time of day electric rates and if the grid goes out etc
@timboe1848 Do you have a portable power station? If so which one. Like I said, anker has the home power panel and then ecoflow has the smart home panel 2. Both can do what you want but not sure what you have.
To make a cleaner look in your panel and to take up less room than those ugly wire nuts I would use Wago 221-4 Lever Nuts original or the inline Wago 221-4 Lever nuts on your 15 & 20 amp circuits (20 -12 AWG) and the Wago 221-6 on the 30 amp (20 - 10AWG)
The Wago 221 series has two variants from (12-24 AWG and 10-20 AWG).
If you would use them I would just buy the Wago 221-6 (20-10 AWG) so you don't accidentally use the wrong rated connector on the 30 AMP circuit.
I really like these Wago Lever Nuts and have used them quite a bit around the home.
YES 100% I would recommend those as well and ment to mention them. If I had some more on hand I would have used them. Ill add those in the description! Thanks for the reminder!💥🤘
So what are you doing with your big battery system?
I am working on a video for that....right meow actually😁
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Good. I'm "thinking about" getting two of their thin cell batteries and a 15 kw inverter from someone else.
Which battery and inverter? They have a lot of new stuff like the LuxPower 12kw(18kpv) inverter and the new UL listed batteries like the Ethos amd Rhino 2!😀
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I still like their old Rhino battery, and there used to be a vet-owned company that sold 15kw inverters.
The new Rhino 2 looks pretty sweet. I think Ive heard the Vet owned company your talking about but cant think of the name.
Do you need a permit to do this to your own home?
No you dont need one for one of these.👍
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You mean I have to flip a switch when the power goes out ..... what happened to automatic lol
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Great instruction video.
How much coffee did you have man you are talking very fast.
Your wire nuts would be illegal here, as the need to be clear to see in them.
use wago lever nuts
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