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Quick Connect Switchboards

The Eaton Generator Quick Connect Switchboard is an engineered assembly designed to allow safe and fast connection of a mobile generator to your facility's electrical system or a portable load bank.

Through inclusion of cam-type receptacles, standard mechanical lugs, dedicated generator-service disconnect, and a manual key-interlock transfer scheme, you can quickly and safely supply emergency power parts of your electrical power system that are not currently covered by your emergency power system, or you can back-up existing generators.

Loads connected to the Generator Quick Connect Switchboard, available in both Type 1 and Type 3R enclosures, can immediately be safely transitioned to an alternative power source, made possible by the Generator Quick Connect Switchboard.

Benefits of the Generator Quick Connect Switchboard Speed of Connection
With a Generator Quick Connect Switchboard installed, the owner does not have to do any of the following that are common in emergency power situations:

• No making additional field modifications to an internal switchboard in order to connect the generator cables after the initial installation.
• No modifying the building's physical structure to accommodate generator cables (e.g., drilling holes in walls).
• No running cables through doorways or windows and through hallways or up stairs.

Safer and More Reliable
Reduction of the potential for safety problems associated with connecting the mobile generator to the facility's electrical system under lost-power conditions.

• A permanent connection point for mobile power, not a temporary connection.
• Installed under normal circumstances, not during a possibly chaotic lost power situation.
• Tested as part of the installation, providing assurance when needed.
• Eliminates the safety hazards of generator cables run through doorways and up stairways. Building doors and/or windows remain closed for security and safety reasons.

Less Disruptive
The Eaton Generator Quick Connect Switchboard with the Type 3R enclosure can be installed in a position outside of a building that allows the parking of large mobile units so that they have the least negative impact on establishment entrances and parking areas.

Reduced Emergency Costs
Costs associated with temporarily connecting mobile generators, such as modifying switchboards, making physical modifications to buildings, and installing cables to connect the mobile generator, are eliminated or greatly reduced.

Easier to Manage
With this connection task greatly simplified, facility staff can direct their attention to other important situations that occur during power losses.

Construction Specifications
The Eaton Corporation Generator Quick Connect Switchboard is built to the CSA C22.2 #31 approved Pow-R-line C switchboard standards. As such, the sizing rules of standard switchboard apply. Similarly, all modifications for Pow-R-Line C switchboard are available. For sizing information and available modifications, contact your local Eaton sales representative.