Anyone have a dead Auto Transfer Switch they want rid of?

[MAWilsonPE]

Hello Everyone, I hope you are doing well!

I am sure you are all aware that the factory installed Progressive Dynamics PD52DCSD Auto Transfer Switch that switches from shore to generator power has had a very high failure rate. My first one failed after only 6 months and I got a second complete box under warranty. That one has now failed after just over two years (just past the warranty...)

I reached out to Progressive Dynamics and they tell me they no longer make the model PD52DCSD (with surge protection) as they can no longer get the parts since COVID, so I would have to purchase a plain PD52 (no surge protection and no remote display, but a different, better?? contactor set). I also understand that Keystone has stopped installing these somewhere around the '22 model due to the high failure rate. I do not know what they are installing now.

The failure mechanism is the main contactor relay for the shore power as it is always engaged when connected to shore power. It runs quite warm when engaged. Since I still had the old assembly, so I just swapped the bad shore power contactor with the still good generator contactor from the old box. This works fine and should be good for a while longer.

Two questions, what brand and model do you recommend when this one eventually fails? (I have a separate hard wire surge/voltage protector so I don't really need that functionality).

Second, does anyone have an old, bad Progressive Dynamics PD52DSCD Auto Transfer Switch that failed and is collecting dust that I could salvage the generator contactor relay from (cheap!)?

Thanks, Mike