Electrical transfer switch
I have a 2 pole 60 amp Manuel transfer switch. I am installing a 2 pole 60 amp breaker in my main panel with #6 wire ( 2 hots and a neutral plus ground) to feed the 2 pole 60 amp transfer switch. From the main lugs on the 2 pole 60 amp transfer switch I am feeding a sub panel with #6 wire ( 2 hots and a neutral plus ground) . In the sub panel I will have 8 ckt breakers that will be feeding various appliances (Watts will not exceed 7000). In the garage I will install a 30 Amp 240 volt Generator power cord inlet box that I will plug my portable gas Generator into with a 30 amp 240 volt cord. From the 30 amp inlet box I will be installing #10 wires ( 2 hots and a neutral plus ground) to the 60 amp 2 pole manual transfer switch.
My question is this - The transfer switch consists of two 2 pole 60 amp breakers that can not be in the on position at the same time, one of the 2 pole 60 amp breakers is going to have the # 6 wire from my main panel the other 2 pole 60 amp breaker is going to have the # 10 wire from the generator inlet box, can I have the #10 wire feed to the 60 amp breaker or is it a violation? I can't swap out one of the 2 pole 60 breakers with a 2 pole 30 breaker because that is how the transfer switch is built. The # 10 wire is carrying power that is being made from the generator then going to the 2 pole 60 amp breaker so the 60 amp breaker is not protecting the #10 wire it is protecting the 8 ckt breakers in the sub panel. So will there be any violations with the #10 wire on the 60 amp breaker??
