Jamie Anne from Hazlet, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since October of 2020. The machine is a Generac 7171 rated 10 kW on propane and 9 kW on natural gas, running on natural gas, on a 100-amp transfer switch, and it was commissioned in May of 2021. Ten kilowatts is the small end of the residential air-cooled range and it is the right answer where the load calculation comes in under it. Green Sun has serviced it every year since – April of 2022, April of 2023, April of 2024, February of 2025 and February of 2026 – and it reports to remote monitoring in between.
Project Facts
- Location
- Hazlet, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- October 2020
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7171
- Rated output
- 10 kW LP / 9 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 1,343 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Essential Circuits/NEMA-1R (Indoor)
Standby generator questions from Hazlet homeowners
How much space is needed at the ends of the generator?
Applicable air-cooled installation instructions commonly require about three feet at the ends. That space protects cooling airflow, exhaust operation and the access a technician needs to work on the machine. The model-specific manual controls.
Does a generator keep the well running during an outage in Hazlet?
Yes, when the well pump is included in the design. A private well pump is electric, so without power there is no running water at all -- a different order of problem from losing the lights. Homes on a well are among the clearest cases for standby power, and the pump belongs on the load list from the start.
How level does a generator have to be?
Within the leveling tolerance specified in its installation manual -- applicable air-cooled instructions have used roughly a half-inch overall. A poorly prepared base can settle after installation and bring on drainage, vibration or enclosure problems that were not there on the day it went in.