When I built my house I Planned it with a natural gas fired standby generator and home automation in mind.
After a lot of research, I decided on a Briggs and Stratton Intelligen 15KW unit with a Eaton CH series automatic transfer switch. This generator is computer friendly.The CH series ATS has a set of micro switches that monitor the switch position for either normal utility or generator power.
I monitor the switch position with the Hawking HRDS1 - Z-Wave Door Sensor to bring the generator status into HomeSeer. This sensor has screw terminals for use with dry contact switches.
I took the attached pictures before I ran the wiring to the Hawking sensor. You can see the micro switches on the right side of the transfer switch.
My Generator exercises once per week. If there is a fault, a remote LED that I have mounted in the garage flashes to indicate trouble. HomeSeer does not monitor the fault status. The LED is in view any time I pull into the garage.
John
After a lot of research, I decided on a Briggs and Stratton Intelligen 15KW unit with a Eaton CH series automatic transfer switch. This generator is computer friendly.The CH series ATS has a set of micro switches that monitor the switch position for either normal utility or generator power.
I monitor the switch position with the Hawking HRDS1 - Z-Wave Door Sensor to bring the generator status into HomeSeer. This sensor has screw terminals for use with dry contact switches.
I took the attached pictures before I ran the wiring to the Hawking sensor. You can see the micro switches on the right side of the transfer switch.
My Generator exercises once per week. If there is a fault, a remote LED that I have mounted in the garage flashes to indicate trouble. HomeSeer does not monitor the fault status. The LED is in view any time I pull into the garage.
John
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