The generator my inlaws gave us some years back had the neutral bonded to ground. If I wanted to hook up my transfer switch this a no-no since the house already has a ground/neutral bond. I had to break the bond and wire in a locking outlet for the transfer switch box. This project has been in the works for a while, I've had the transfer switch 2yrs now. 
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A while ago I called the manufacturer to get the wiring schematic and was told I needed to be an electrician. So I called back and said I was. They asked for a license number and I made one up. As it turned out I didn't really need the schematic. Anyhoo, some pics:
Cover cracked, err opened, still bonded. The short green wire on the far right is the neutral/ground bond.
After the unbonding. I'd prefer to use crimps for the connections but didn't have any big enough to take 3 #10 wires. I also made sure to hook the new outlet in load side of the circuit protection. The blue tape just marked what hots I needed to wire up.
The new outlet. I could have just added a cord end but wanted something a little more permanent and a bit more weatherproof. I guess I did ok, everything ohmed out as having continuity from the new outlet to the existing ones. I will fire it up and test voltage once I get a new meter. The old one quit registering voltages. I opened it and a lead is busted. Tried soldering, but that was a no-go.
. A while ago I called the manufacturer to get the wiring schematic and was told I needed to be an electrician. So I called back and said I was. They asked for a license number and I made one up. As it turned out I didn't really need the schematic. Anyhoo, some pics:
Cover cracked, err opened, still bonded. The short green wire on the far right is the neutral/ground bond.
After the unbonding. I'd prefer to use crimps for the connections but didn't have any big enough to take 3 #10 wires. I also made sure to hook the new outlet in load side of the circuit protection. The blue tape just marked what hots I needed to wire up.
The new outlet. I could have just added a cord end but wanted something a little more permanent and a bit more weatherproof. I guess I did ok, everything ohmed out as having continuity from the new outlet to the existing ones. I will fire it up and test voltage once I get a new meter. The old one quit registering voltages. I opened it and a lead is busted. Tried soldering, but that was a no-go.
. If I had a fancier switch that could switch the neutral I could have avoided all this. I looked at doing that first but on the advice of others decided not to.
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