Troubleshooting the Generator

$10 fuse

I did some troubleshooting today and determined that the two 5 amp fuses on the utility sense circuits in the transfer switch were blown. These are not easy to find! I finally located a substitute fuse with the same rating at Summit Electrical supply in Albuquerque, and made the trip down the mountain to get replacements and extras. $10 each! Shut the power off, replaced the fuses and went through the Generator owner's manual steps for setting up automatic operation. All is well now, and the generator started and picked up the load as advertised. The transfer switch reset to utility power after I turned it back on. Excellent! While the generator was powering the standby circuits, I checked what was on and what was not in the house. Oh-oh, Michelle's computer was the missing circuit! We'll have to fix that tomorrow or there'll be hell to pay.