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  1. amesolutions

    Outdoor ATS

    I live in Barbados, here it is always around 31 Deg Celsius. I have installed a 600 Amp ATS in a Type 3R enclosure between the Genset and the Tx, in the hot blistering Sun.The installation is two years old, and absolutly no problems at all. I have used the ASCO 300 series switch, which in my...
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    Breaker tripping with ATS Transfer

    Well this is the case once more After careful thought, i was wondering, how can it be inrush currents from the transformers that are causing the breaker to trip only from a live source to a live source(ie. generator to utility on retransfer?), if the switch is switching so fast(ASCO 7000 series...
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    Breaker tripping with ATS Transfer

    I will get bck to you ASAp. Thanx peebee, and the rest
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    Breaker tripping with ATS Transfer

    Dear Colleagues Thank you very much. It is an open type ATS, and yes the in phase is allowing retransfer of around 8 degrees or so. I will try and upgrade the Breaker. This should suffice. If not i will put th eload on a contacter and wire it into the load disconnect delay, from the control...
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    Breaker tripping with ATS Transfer

    Sorry Guys i meant it was an open transition switch not a closed one.
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    Breaker tripping with ATS Transfer

    Dear Colleagues I have been having a problem with a breaker consistently tripping whenever I retransfer from Generator to Utility.It is a closed transition switch. The problem is this, when ever you retransfer from generator to utility, the 200 amp 3-phase breaker will keep tripping. There is...

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