Marty from Oceanport, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2020. The generator was commissioned that August, on a managed whole-house switch, sized against a 14 kW calculation for the 2,932 square foot house. One condition was set out precisely in the contract: the household would trench eighteen inches deep from the gas meter to the base of the generator platform, and would back-fill it once the installation was finished and the trench had passed inspection. Eighteen inches is not an arbitrary number – it is the depth the gas line has to sit at – and the inspection is why the back-filling waits: once a trench is closed, nobody can see what is in it. Annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty and monitoring we manage all sit behind the machine.
Project Facts
- Location
- Oceanport, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- April 2020
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7178
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Oceanport homeowners
Can a generator be installed on a deck or a roof?
Platform, deck and supporting-structure installations are recognized, but they call for additional review: structural capacity, noncombustible surface requirements, fire clearance, exhaust, airflow, vibration, service access and local requirements all have to be addressed. It is a site-specific installation rather than a routine location.
How can a whole house be carried on a smaller electrical service?
Through load management. One or more large loads are controlled so they do not start at the same moment, or shut down briefly if generator demand climbs too high. That is what allows whole-house coverage where the raw sum of every connected load would otherwise exceed the machine.
Does new gas piping have to be pressure tested in Oceanport?
Yes. Gas piping subject to the adopted fuel-gas code must be inspected and tested before it is accepted. New Jersey adopts the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code, which governs the inspection, the test pressure and how long the test has to hold.