Withstand Ratings and Lake Shore Electric Automatic Transfer Switches

Lake Shore Electric ATS

Interrupting ratings are the highest current at rated voltage that a device is intended to interrupt under standard test conditions. Withstand ratings are the highest current at rated voltage that a device is intended to carry under standard test conditions. When applied to automatic transfer switches, these ratings become the highest rated current that the transfer … Read more

Product Spotlight: Lake Shore Electric’s VB Series Automatic Transfer Switch

Lake Shore VB Series ATS

Lake Shore Electric offers a Vacuum Breaker (VB) Medium Voltage Automatic Transfer Switch for power generation applications requiring dependable transfer of loads to an emergency power source in the event of normal source failure.  The VB Series transfer switch is offered in fixed or draw-out designs, and suitable for use as service entrance equipment. VB Series … Read more

How to Fit a New Transfer Switch into an Existing Electrical Room.

LS ATS Retrofit Square

Have you ever been to a facility where the owner is contemplating the addition of a new permanent generator, and the owner insists that the automatic transfer switch be installed in the already overcrowded electrical room? Your likely response might be: Sure, but how do we fit the transfer switch in this room?