Iota Automatic Transfer Switches [RE-wrenches]

[William Miller]

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Nick:

Why don't you skip the transfer switch and just segregate the loads into 
Critical/Non-Critical.  Feed the Non-Critical loads from a Load Center 
powered by the Gen-set.  Out of that load center, feed the Outback which 
feeds a Critical Loads load center.  No sweat, no extra transfer switch.

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William Miller



At 04:07 PM 4/5/2007, you wrote:

>Hello Fellow Wrenches,
>  About to commence installation on a houseboat within the next month and 
> looking for an elegant solution. It's a 96' brand new houseboat with all 
> the luxury a boatie could want. The service panel is filled with large 
> 240v loads that exceed  way beyond what the usual RE system can power. 
> This is not the issue though as the customer has a large 20KW generator 
> on board to power such loads. I'm planning on installing an Iota transfer 
> switch to work around the 50 amp pass through of the dual stack Outbacks 
> so the customer can utilize the extra 8 KW of generator power. I know it 
> may seem that there is no way he'll be utilizing more than 12 KW of loads 
> but if you saw the boat you may change your mind and trying to convince 
> the customer that capping his 20 KW gennie to 12 KW is not an option. So 
> I'm wondering if anyone has had much experience with the Iota transfer 
> switches as all my experience is from their DLS converter/chargers. 
> Specifically I'm looking for experience with the speed of the transfer 
> time. A technician at Iota told me that it's 32 milliseconds which is 
> twice as long as the Outback's if I'm not mistaken. If it were not for 
> the giant LCD screen and entertainment center I wouldn't be so worried 
> but I'd rather not have to go back some time in the future to try another 
> make or model. Anyone have any experience with the Iota ITS-100R? Think 
> 32 ms is fast enough to keep a home entertainment system up?  Might there 
> be an even longer transfer time as both the Iota and on board Outback 
> relay will not sync to transfer at the exact time? Any other favorite 
> brands you think would work better? The Iota retails for a little less 
> than $600, wondering if I should look to something else?
>--
>As always thanks for your time,
>
>


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