[jhein]

Originally Posted by Elarson

Splices sound like a sketchy approach. My generator installation has fresh cable from the meter to the transfer switch and fresh unspliced cable from transfer switch to the circuit breaker panel.

Off topic, but I did have a totally different weird problem once. Power goes off, generator kicks on and runs the house fine for a few hours. Utility power comes back on, transfer switch kicks back over and now the power is flickering. I go out and open up the transfer switch and there is a distinct smell and a sizzling sound. Turns out that a stink bug got into the utility power contacts when they were open and was now fouling up the connection. Switched back to generator and blew the fried bug out with compressed air. Good ever since.

Eric

That's for sure. I was not aware of that 15 years ago when they installed it. If I were, I would have objected. Seems like a failure waiting to happen. Although the electrician today did say there are legit ways to do it, but based on how it looks he can't tell exactly what they did until he can take it apart. But regardless of the technique, it failed. Anyway the good news is that it's an easy fix. The other good news is that I have the backup generator. That's some of the best money I've ever spent.