Can I replace a few of the breakers with tandem breakers? My house is wired so the fridge is one circuit, the kitchen light is one circuit, &amp; so on
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No. The Breakers in this unit are ONLY used during Generator Operation. When on Line the Breakers in this Unit are Bypassed. You can use each section of the Tandem breaker (each Tandem Breaker would use 2 breakers in this unit). If you have a Lot of Circuits and want to be able to use most/all of them, you could just put a Lockout on the Main input, with a Light bulb hardwired to the feed from power company, and Buy a Meter Box from Reliance to connect to your Generator Feed to monitor your Load, you could In Theory run your whole house, Probably not Simultaneously. I have some Tandem breakers in my panel too, but Each one uses two in this gen panel.
97121
I have the exact same setup and it works fine. In fact I have the main breaker in the house connected to a sub panel right next to it which feeds out to another panel in the garage. So it works going through all three for me.
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Yes, however, you must replace both switches in the 3 way circuit with insteon switches. I do not know if they have to be identical insteon switched. I don't think so.
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I used 2 110 breakers that are next to each other a black wire in each one, white wire to ground. You can use a dedicated 240 breaker if you wantbut 2 110 breakers next to each other will do the same thing. I called the seller and that the way he said to hook it up.Jay Trumbojt61@hotmail.com
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Just make sure the house and apartment are using the same breaker box. If so, it should work.
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'different circuit' is ambiguous. I have a large house with two phases coming in (allowing for 220V appliances). The units work without issue as long as they are both on the same 'phase' - even if controlled by different circuit breakers. But if the two units are on separate phases then I can't imagine they would work since there is no direct connection between the two phases (other than by 'neutral') - but I haven't yet specifically tried this. So far, the units have worked on every outlet I've tried.
239851
You should be able to reset it right away, if it doesn't reset grounding out(something shorting out) or breaker itself is bad
1649082
If I recall correctly, this unit uses two double-pole breakers (onefor utility power and one for the generator, so, assuming you are using this to feed a 220V split phase system, the neutrals are not switched, and that should be OK. If you are feeding 120V single phase (rare, unless you have very old wiring or are planning to feed only 1/2 of the circuits in your house, in which case you should consult a licensed electrician), you could switch the neutrals.
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Yes. You can use it but it makes no cense as GFCI has it's own braker. I have tea cattle and a big toaster and hoped it would trigger first. No luck - the breaker in the basement is faster.
1090295
Check your circuit breaker. Also is it the only appliance plugged in at that outlet?
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absolutely. The breakers prevent from overloading the circuit ONLY. This device protects against surges, high voltage, low voltage, open neutrals or grounds, etc. Small price to pay to save several thousands worth of electrical devices
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I'm not an electrian but we have multiple lights running in one line and we use one switch. I don't know if this is what you meaned. For safety purposes it's best that you get the advice of an electrician.
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Wish I could help. I had my electrician install. We had 220V running to the location of the low voltage Nest. They ended up working great. Prob should contact an electrician. It was above my head, and I'm a fairly knowledgable GC. Good luck. Jeff
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Yes you can wire them to the switch. Sometimes I will add an outlet in the cabinet on the switch. Depends on what access you have.
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It would depend on your refrigerator. Most refrigerators are cooled from a single compressor and coil system. Some have one compressor and two coils. You would need at least this dual-coil setup. The wiring hack would be very tricky and discouraged for a DIYer. These kinds of fridges are already expensive and messing with the wiring would void the warranty and possibly destroy the machine. Probably easier and safer to get a dedicated fridge and freezer for each purpose you need. They come in all shapes and sizes, so space really wouldn't be a problem.
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Hi Tom, That's actually my current setup. I used to have 1 dimmer and 2-regular non-dimmer switches and I replaced one of the non-dimmer switches with Honeywell timer switch. As long as each switches are independent to each other, it should not be an issue. Btw, I'm not a professional electrician so this response is just based on my current home setup.- Joel
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I can't tell you if you need it or not. Ours quit working and we replace the circuit board first, and it still didn't work. So we replaced the heating element and the fridge works great now. The heating element might have been all we needed to start with. It's the cheaper part to start with, too.