<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span style="font-size:small">DT 223URK-NPS is a AC/DC version of the </span><span style="font-size:small">DT 223URH-N. I bought the URK version from my local electrical supplier a few months ago.</span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span style="font-size:small">URK is larger. And for what it's worth, it has the same minimal detent as the URH described by Ray. </span></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><span style="font-size:small">Both are rated for service entrance. So counterfeit? Who knows</span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 3:19 PM William Miller via RE-wrenches <<a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" target="_blank">re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Ray:<br>
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With the non-detent you appear to have acquired a manual, UPS-grade transfer<br>
switch.<br>
<br>
William Miller<br>
Miller Solar<br>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2026 11:46 AM<br>
To: 'RE-wrenches'<br>
Cc: Ray Walters<br>
Subject: [RE-wrenches] Eaton T Switch<br>
<br>
Greetings Wrenches;<br>
<br>
I just recently purchased a couple of Eaton 100 A manual transfer<br>
switches (DT 223URH-N) from Amazon.  They appear to be UL listed, but<br>
the quality is non UL, import level.  The handle is loose, and there is<br>
almost no middle detent to hold it in the off position. It just glides<br>
from "on" at the top through "off" in the middle, to "on" at the bottom,<br>
without catching.  It is supposedly service entrance rated, which it<br>
needs to be, but it is nothing like T switches I've worked with before.<br>
Some of those seemed over kill, and needed 30lbs or more of force to<br>
over come the springs that hold it in each position.<br>
<br>
Did I get a counterfeit, or is this just how this switch works? I<br>
purposely avoided the Vevor, and other Chinese brands because they were<br>
not UL listed.  There are some really crappy electrical products being<br>
sold into the US market right now.   The Eaton brand was 4 times the<br>
price of the Vevor, but I don't think it's any better, that's why I'm<br>
suspecting its counterfeit.  I know from the music industry, that we are<br>
being flooded with counterfeit equipment in that industry.<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<br>
Ray Walters<br>
Remote Solar<br>
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