[RE-wrenches] Eaton T Switch

[Kirk Herander]

DT 223URK-NPS is a AC/DC version of the DT 223URH-N. I bought the URK
version from my local electrical supplier a few months ago.
URK is larger. And for what it's worth, it has the same minimal detent as
the URH described by Ray.
Both are rated for service entrance. So counterfeit? Who knows

On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 3:19 PM William Miller via RE-wrenches <
re-wrenches at lists.re-wrenches.org> wrote:

> Ray:
>
> With the non-detent you appear to have acquired a manual, UPS-grade
> transfer
> switch.
>
> William Miller
> Miller Solar
> www.millersolar.com
> CA License C-10 77398
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RE-wrenches [mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] On
> Behalf Of Ray Walters via RE-wrenches
> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 11:46 AM
> To: 'RE-wrenches'
> Cc: Ray Walters
> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Eaton T Switch
>
> Greetings Wrenches;
>
> I just recently purchased a couple of Eaton 100 A manual transfer
> switches (DT 223URH-N) from Amazon.  They appear to be UL listed, but
> the quality is non UL, import level.  The handle is loose, and there is
> almost no middle detent to hold it in the off position. It just glides
> from "on" at the top through "off" in the middle, to "on" at the bottom,
> without catching.  It is supposedly service entrance rated, which it
> needs to be, but it is nothing like T switches I've worked with before.
> Some of those seemed over kill, and needed 30lbs or more of force to
> over come the springs that hold it in each position.
>
> Did I get a counterfeit, or is this just how this switch works? I
> purposely avoided the Vevor, and other Chinese brands because they were
> not UL listed.  There are some really crappy electrical products being
> sold into the US market right now.   The Eaton brand was 4 times the
> price of the Vevor, but I don't think it's any better, that's why I'm
> suspecting its counterfeit.  I know from the music industry, that we are
> being flooded with counterfeit equipment in that industry.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ray Walters
> Remote Solar
>
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