Reliance Controls Panel/Link - TR Prewired Series - Manual

9/1/04
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE RELIANCE PREWIRED
Panel/Link ®
- TR Series
THIS RELIANCE TRANSFER PANEL IS NOT FOR "DO-IT-YOURSELF" INSTALLATION. It must be
installed by a qualified electrician thoroughly familiar with all applicable electrical and building codes.
The Reliance Panel/Link
®
transfer panel is designed to provide, in the event of a utility power outage, a
safe and simple method of powering designated branch circuits from a portable generator. The unique
mechanical interlock between the “GENERATOR SUPPLY” and “UTILITY SUPPLY” circuit breakers,
which supply power to the panel bus, prevents feedback by prohibiting these breakers from being in the
"ON" position at the same time.
Generally, a small portable generator will not have sufficient capacity to power a large number of circuits
at the same time. Reliance transfer panels allow you to power selectively any number or combination of
branch circuits wired into the panel, up to the capacity of the generator.
INSTALLING THE PANEL/LINK
®
TRANSFER PANEL
WARNING: Be sure the power from both the main panel or load center and the generator is
turned off before starting this procedure. Failure to do so could result in serious injury or death.
1. Loosen the four screws and remove the front cover of the transfer panel.
2. Mount the transfer panel next to the load center (circuit breaker or fuse box) containing the branch
circuits to be transfer to generator power. Remove the cover from the load center.
3. A section of conduit and two fittings have been included in the package. Determine knockout
openings to be used and cut the conduit to a convenient length, if necessary, and install between the
two enclosures. Run all wires from the transfer panel through the conduit to the load center.
4. Connect the neutral wire from the transfer panel to the neutral bar in the load center.
5. Connect the green ground wire from the transfer panel to the ground bar in the load center. This may
be the same bar as the neutral bar if the load center is the service entrance where the ground and the
neutral are bonded together.
6. Select the circuits to be powered by the generator.
a. For 120-volt circuits, remove the branch circuit conductor from the first selected circuit breaker in
the load center, and attach it with a wire connector to the selected branch circuit breaker wire from
the transfer panel. Wires coming from the branch circuit breakers in the transfer panel are marked
with letters that correspond to the circuits in the transfer panel. Refer to the circuit label on the
transfer panel dead front.
b. For 240-volt circuits, remove the two branch circuit conductors from the selected circuit breaker in
the load center, and attach both of these wires with wire connectors to the two selected double-
pole branch circuit breaker wires from the transfer panel.
c. Repeat for each of the selected circuits. Be sure that the circuit breaker rating in the
transfer panel matches the rating of the circuit breaker that it replaces.
7. Install a double-pole circuit breaker (to be furnished by the installer) in the load center that is the same
ampacity as the Utility Supply breaker in the transfer panel. Note that the circuit breakers in the load
center that were disconnected in Step 6 above can be removed to make room for this double pole
breaker if necessary. Connect the Utility Supply breaker wires coming from the transfer panel to this
breaker.
If your transfer panel has an optional power inlet, skip Steps 8, 9, and 10, and proceed to Step 11.
8. For transfer panel models without the optional power inlet or watt meters, connect the two 240-volt hot
feeds from the generator directly to the Generator Supply circuit breaker in the transfer panel. Skip
Step 9 and proceed to Step 10.
9. For transfer panel models with the optional watt meters, but no power inlet, locate the current
transformers (small black donut-shaped devices with wire leads) attached to each of the two meters
in the panel. Run one of the two hot wires coming from the generator through the hole in the current
transformer connected to the left meter, and run the other one through the hole in the current