Steve from Freehold, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2019. The 20 kW Generac had been installed by another company in January of 2013, so it came to us with seven years behind it and no service history of ours to read, which is the ordinary position when a machine changes hands. It was serviced in December of 2019, October of 2021 and November of 2022. A generator already years into its life is worth more attention than a new one rather than less, because the parts that wear are the ones nobody looks at.
Project Facts
- Location
- Freehold, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- December 2019
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 5887
- Rated output
- 20 kW LP / 18 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 90 amp
Standby generator questions from Freehold homeowners
Why do outages last longer on some Freehold streets than others?
Mature tree cover over overhead lines is the usual reason. Limbs coming down in wind, snow or ice take the lines with them, so heavily treed streets tend to see both more frequent outages and longer restoration times than open ones. It is one of the honest arguments for standby power rather than a portable generator.
Can the existing natural-gas service in a Freehold home supply a generator?
Often yes, but the gas system has to be evaluated first. The review covers the generator's BTU demand, meter capacity, available pressure, regulator capacity, pipe diameter and length, and every other gas appliance in the house -- furnace, boiler, water heater, range and fireplace among them.
Which fuel-gas code applies?
New Jersey currently adopts the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code as its Fuel Gas Subcode, which is what governs the piping, testing and shutoff arrangements on a natural-gas generator installation.