Let me preface this by saying that I'm a former Electronics Research & Development Technician with an ASEET ( Associate in Science in Electronics Engineering Technology ). We bought this UBC ( universal building codes ) modular in 2005 and had it placed on a foundation in the west Denver area of Colorado. UBC homes are allowed by local codes, to be put on foundations and become nearly like a "stick built" home in appearance and value. This home was built by Clayton in Kansas and shipped here. But one of my biggest frustrations is that they used probably THE cheapest electrical switches that money can buy, to the point of them seeming hazardous at times. I have one in one of the bedrooms that can easily sputter and spark if you switch it off too slowly and it lingers in the middle. Now the problem is that it was a huge hassle for me to replace one in another room. I had to remove the old one from the harness, strip the wires, THEN cut the wall out to JUST the right size, to put in a plastic electrical box that could hold a conventional switch ( couldn't find a plain old replacement, of higher quality, for the modular one that was in there! ), then install the new conventional switch. BIG hassle. I've done two of these and they take me about an hour each, plus parts. BUT are there higher quality direct replacements available that HAVE screw terminals on the back, so I can just take the old ones out and strip the harness wires and attach them to screw terminals instead, without having to cut the wall for a box and all that? [ATTACH]61836[/ATTACH]

I have two portable generators, 1 for the needed circuits in the house and 1 that I plan on powering my AC unit during the summer months. I have all my needed circuits connected to an 6 circuit man x-fer switch being powered off one generator. For the AC, I have planed to install a single circuit manual x-fer switch powered from another generator. The installation instructions for both x-fer switches are pretty straight forward as both call for ground wire to ground bar and white wire to neutral. Using 2 different generators at the same time, are the neutrals/grounds going to be a problem? Thanx!