See an example of a typical transfer test of a Home Generator System. Here you will see the sequence of events during a routine test of of a Briggs & Stratton automatic generator system
Omg thank you so much!!!!! I work at a retirement home and I just got promoted and I have to do this every month and I was kind a nervous on how to do it but this video guided me and I DID IT!!!
My inherited Generac stopped testing itself on Saturdays a few years ago. The maintenance guys (who I had change the oil each year) insisted it was OK. But, of course, when I turn off the main...Nothing happens! It starts manually, but does not transfer Question: if I start it manually, and then throw the main switch in the panel, should it switch to generator current?? My "current" situation IS: I have a brownout condition caused by water in the main conduit/meter. I had an electrician diagnose this yesterday. The fridge compressor makes a dying noise when starting (I've unplugged it) some overhead lights are brown, and like, TWO watts, while the one in the study is like an arc lamp!! The HVAC transformer got blown again, along with other things.
Thanks for the video. Gave me just enough confidence to "throw the switch". Is the ONLY function of flipping the switch limited to just turning off the utility power? And once that is done the ATS takes over? The reason I ask is that. I am constantly getting ATS Communication Failure WARNING messages. Sometimes the warnings last a few minutes or sometimes a few hours before I get a "warning cleared" message. This will usually happen between 1 time and 5 times a day. My Kohler installer put in a new control board, but I continue to get the Warnings.... but NOT getting the "Cleared" messages anymore since the new board was installed. I did as you did in the video and everything worked. (Normally my gen would not automatically go on or off when there was an ATS Warning message showing. So now I am wondering if the ATS is actually working now with the new board and maybe the "warning" messages are somehow just "false alarms". So if the ONLY function of flipping the switch in the video is to turn off the utility power, then maybe my ATS is working regardless of still having an ATS COMMNICATION Warning.
I have a 17kw gen, 70 amp output connected to a 200 amp transfer switch. It does run the ac unit and many of the lights. I have not yet had the opportunity to do more test, as I am waiting for propane. Does this seem right?
I flipped the switch and Generator kicked in after 10 seconds, (everything worked great) But after I turned the switch back on, Generator never shuts itself, I had to kill it manually. Any ideas?
U turned it back on to fast it tricked the system make sure to turn it back off wait few minutes then back on. And after 5 minutes if generator is still running u need service
After watching SEVERAL videos this is by far the best and the simplest way to test your generator.
Omg thank you so much!!!!! I work at a retirement home and I just got promoted and I have to do this every month and I was kind a nervous on how to do it but this video guided me and I DID IT!!!
Very Nice explanation Thanks a ton your right folks buy these and never think about them.
Thank you , a very clear explanation !
Thanks for the help!
Great video, thanks 🙏🏼
Thank you very much!
My inherited Generac stopped testing itself on Saturdays a few years ago. The maintenance guys (who I had change the oil each year) insisted it was OK. But, of course, when I turn off the main...Nothing happens! It starts manually, but does not transfer
Question: if I start it manually, and then throw the main switch in the panel, should it switch to generator current??
My "current" situation IS: I have a brownout condition caused by water in the main conduit/meter. I had an electrician diagnose this yesterday. The fridge compressor makes a dying noise when starting (I've unplugged it) some overhead lights are brown, and like, TWO watts, while the one in the study is like an arc lamp!! The HVAC transformer got blown again, along with other things.
Thanks. The generator would be set to Auto for this test, correct? It's a Generac.
Thanks for the video. Gave me just enough confidence to "throw the switch".
Is the ONLY function of flipping the switch limited to just turning off the utility power? And once that is done the ATS takes over? The reason I ask is that. I am constantly getting ATS Communication Failure WARNING messages. Sometimes the warnings last a few minutes or sometimes a few hours before I get a "warning cleared" message. This will usually happen between 1 time and 5 times a day. My Kohler installer put in a new control board, but I continue to get the Warnings.... but NOT getting the "Cleared" messages anymore since the new board was installed. I did as you did in the video and everything worked. (Normally my gen would not automatically go on or off when there was an ATS Warning message showing. So now I am wondering if the ATS is actually working now with the new board and maybe the "warning" messages are somehow just "false alarms". So if the ONLY function of flipping the switch in the video is to turn off the utility power, then maybe my ATS is working regardless of still having an ATS COMMNICATION Warning.
I have a 17kw gen, 70 amp output connected to a 200 amp transfer switch. It does run the ac unit and many of the lights. I have not yet had the opportunity to do more test, as I am waiting for propane. Does this seem right?
I flipped the switch and Generator kicked in after 10 seconds, (everything worked great) But after I turned the switch back on, Generator never shuts itself, I had to kill it manually. Any ideas?
Check trouble codes
U turned it back on to fast it tricked the system make sure to turn it back off wait few minutes then back on. And after 5 minutes if generator is still running u need service
Depending on the generator it may run for up to 30 minutes.