Standby Generator Installation

Glenn from Toms River, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since October of 2021. The generator was commissioned in May of 2022: a Generac Guardian rated 19.5 kW on natural gas, feeding a GenReady load center in the basement with three smart management modules. A GenReady panel is a different approach from a transfer switch bolted next to the meter – the load center itself does the switching, which keeps the wiring tidier and puts the load management inside the panel where the circuits already are. The load calculation asked for 15 kW across 3,100 square feet,

Frank from Columbus, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2021. The generator was commissioned that December: a Generac Guardian rated 19.5 kW on natural gas, outdoors beside the meter, with a 200-amp service disconnect and three load management modules. The load survey is worth reading on this one – 4,000 square feet with a well pump, two sump pumps, a double electric oven, two refrigerators, a washer, a gas dryer and a dishwasher. A well pump matters more than most items on that list, because when the power goes out a house on a

Joseph from Farmingdale, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2020. The generator was commissioned that October: a 16 kW Generac Guardian on natural gas, with a 150-amp service-entrance transfer switch mounted inside the garage. The load calculation asked for 15 kW across the 2,269 square foot house, and the electric oven is a fair part of why – an oven pulls steadily and heavily for as long as it is on, which is easy to forget when listing what a house needs during an outage. A refrigerator, washer, gas dryer and dishwasher make up

Eric from Holmdel, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since February of 2021. The generator was commissioned that September: a Generac Guardian rated 19.5 kW on natural gas, sited outdoors beside the meter with a 200-amp service disconnect and a bisque trim kit to keep it looking deliberate rather than bolted on. The load calculation asked for 15 kW across the 3,152 square foot house, so the unit installed has real headroom above the requirement – which is what stops a generator running flat out every time it is called on. It is supported by annual maintenance,

Gay from Scotch Plains, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2020. The generator was commissioned in April of 2021: a 16 kW Generac Guardian on natural gas, set at the back corner of the house behind the air conditioning, with a 150-amp service-entrance transfer switch and a smart management module. The load survey is what set the size – 1,200 square feet, but carrying two washers, both an electric and a gas dryer, a refrigerator, a freezer, a dishwasher and a sump pump, which is a heavier draw than the floor area suggests. The

Anthony from Lincroft, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2025. The generator was commissioned that December: a Generac Guardian rated 22.5 kW on the natural gas it runs on, tied to a 400-amp smart transfer switch outdoors beside the meter, with three load management modules and surge protection. The load calculation set an 18 kW minimum for a 4,734 square foot house carrying two sump pumps, two refrigerators, a washer, a gas dryer and a dishwasher, so there is headroom rather than rationing when the power drops. Annual maintenance keeps it serviced, and monitoring

Larry from Marlboro, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since February of 2021. The generator went in that November: a 14 kW Generac Guardian on natural gas, with a 200-amp service-entrance transfer switch in the garage and a smart management module. That last piece is what lets 14 kW cover an entire 1,878 square foot house rather than a few chosen circuits – the module eases off the largest load for a moment when demand peaks, instead of the house being split into essential and non-essential from the start. The generator is supported by one of our

Green Sun Energy Services installed a Generac standby generator at a home in Monmouth Beach for a client since August of 2024, commissioned in December of 2025. The long run between the two dates is the interesting part. A standby generator has to sit a set distance from openings in the building and from vent terminations, and those clearances are not something an installer can negotiate around. On this property the only workable position was occupied by an outdoor shower, with two opening windows directly above it and a chimney vent terminating nearby. Making the site suitable meant taking out