Butler Rural Electric Cooperative offers a safe and easy connection for portable generators. Members can protect what powers their home with a Trifecta manual transfer switch. A Trifecta is a meter base mounted transfer switch with a cord to use with a portable generator to power parts of your home, like your sump pump and refrigerator.

The cooperative provides free installation for these switches. Employees in our engineering department can calculate an appropriate size device for your home and what you plan to power with your generator. Members must have their own portable generator to use this device – Butler Rural Electric Cooperative does not sell portable generators.

This UL-listed device provides three essential services in a single, meter-mounted appliance:

Manual transfer switch
Connect a portable generator to the main breaker of your home in minutes. The convenient, three-position handle allows users to easily control whether your home is connected to the utility grid, an alternate source, or neither.

Service lockout
Disconnect your home from all power sources if maintenance on the load side of the electric system is needed. Locking the device in the “OFF” position ensures neither source is connected to the home, preventing backfeed and creating a safe work environment.

Surge suppression
Protect sensitive equipment inside your home from damaging transient voltage surges with 75kA of surge suppression per phase.

Price list
30 Amp Trifecta (TRI-23sx)
$728.59

40 Amp Surge Protection (TRI-24sx)
$861.72

Price includes 20 foot cable and taxes. Additional cable is available in 20 foot increments for an
additional charge. Butler Rural Electric Cooperative can order a 50 Amp device if requested.

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