PaulRV Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 My 97 Windsor has the Onan 6500 LP powered generator. Is there a Double pole double throw (connect/disconnect) switch between the shore supply and generator? Where is it located and what triggers it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulRV Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 I see that it is called a Transfer Switch. I still cannot find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96 EVO Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 It's going to be in a basement compartment somewhere. Later models they usually screwed to the ceiling. Earlier models they seemed to prefer compartment walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacwjames Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 (edited) My transfer switch is in the small bay where the inverter is located, accessed by a set of sliding doors in the last large pass through bay. It is on the passenger side of the bay next to the inverter. Edited August 30 by jacwjames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cherry Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 The transfer switch should be called out in your manual. Probably at the beginning of section 8. It is a box enclosure….think larger than a man”s size 13 shoe box but smaller than a large pair of hunting or hiking boot shoe box. It will have three large pieces of flexible conduit…(think 1” diameter large diameter garden hose….gray??? maybe color). The label will say TRANSFER SWITCH…brand back then is unknown none. BUT it you read IOTA and 50 R….beware. These had a fatal defect…catch fire or overheat. It MUST BE REPLACED. The AUTOMATIC portion of it works like this. When you plug into shore….20 A or 30 A….that is a 120 VAC hookup. The 50A is actually s 220 VAC hookup. You do NOT have any 220 VAC devices…but there is LINE 1 and Line 2. That measures 220 VAC. The Neutral or Ground to EITHER Line is 120 VAC. NOTHING HAPPENS when you plug in. The springloaded contactor is closed…. BUT, when you start the generator there is a circuit board that says. HEY….I got 120 VAC (as in the genny is running). OK….wake up CONTACTOR. Then it switches the genny input to the OUTPUT line going to the Main Panel Circuit Breaker's. IT IS THERE….use a flashlight and look. It is in one of the storage bays or maybe where the batteries are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobkat11208 Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 On 8/30/2024 at 11:54 AM, PaulRV said: I see that it is called a Transfer Switch. I still cannot find it. I realize our's is a later model, but our Transfer switch is in the last bay, road side where the shore cord is located. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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