I recently had a whole house generator installed. Now I am being told that by a neighbor who worked for an electrician I need to upgrade my service to a 200 amp service and that because the automatic transfer switch has a main cutout for the service I need to go with a 4 wire cable from the transfer switch to my breaker box. Is this true?
Your best bet would be to contact a licensed electrician in your area. While the NEC or IRC may state one thing, your local jurisdiction may state something else.
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I recently had a whole house generator installed. Now I am being told that by a neighbor who worked for an electrician I need to upgrade my service to a 200 amp service and that because the automatic transfer switch has a main cutout for the service I need to go with a 4 wire cable from the transfer switch to my breaker box. Is this true?
Your best bet would be to contact a licensed electrician in your area. While the NEC or IRC may state one thing, your local jurisdiction may state something else.