I have a 10-7501 Emergen manual transfer switch for my generator. I want to hook my hot water tank to this panel for use when the power is out during our hurricane season. Here's what I have - the hot water tank says 4500 watts on the upper and 4500 watts on the lower for a total of 4500 watts. Wired at 240v - if I did my math right, that should be about 18.75 amps. Currently it is on a 25 amp breaker on my main panel. The Emergen switch has 20 amp breakers. So if I use the switch bar to combine two 20 amp breakers to pick up both wires, one on each breaker, on the Emergen panel, I should be ok, right? My generator is rated at 5250w, so I know that all other breakers on my Emergen switch need to be off while the hot water tank is on, but I only plan on running the hot water tank maybe for an hour every other day. Thanks much fo your responses.
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18 years ago