Geoff from Port Monmouth, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2019. The generator was commissioned that December: a 16 kW Generac Guardian on natural gas, on a 200-amp whole-house transfer switch, sized against a 13 kW calculation for the 2,700 square foot house. Port Monmouth sits on the bay behind a hurricane barrier, in the stretch of Monmouth County that has been rebuilt once already after a storm surge – which puts backup power in a different light here than it would be a few miles inland. The generator is on annual maintenance with monitoring we manage, so a fault reaches us rather than waiting to be discovered.
Why Geoff chose Green Sun Energy Services
Complete backup power, from sizing and installation to the service that keeps it ready.
What makes Green Sun Energy Services different
- Standby generators: installed and serviced as a Generac Authorized Sales and Service Dealer, by factory-authorized Generac technicians. On this home: a Generac 70371 standby generator (16 kW LP / 16 kW NG) running on natural gas, on a 200-amp transfer switch (managed whole house) and serviced by Green Sun Energy Services.
- Warranty: backed by a 5-year generator workmanship warranty.
- Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 444 completed standby generator projects across Monmouth County and 621 standby generator projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in Port Monmouth
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 2 standby generator installations and 2 generator service customers in Port Monmouth. Port Monmouth, a community in Middletown Township, on Sandy Hook Bay, is served by JCP&L.
Thinking about a standby generator for your Port Monmouth home? Tell us about your project here or call 732-410-7818.
Power it. Protect it. Maintain it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Port Monmouth, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2019
- Manufacturer & model
- Generac 70371
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,700 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
- Workmanship warranty
- 5 years
Standby generator questions from Port Monmouth homeowners
Does a generator in Port Monmouth have to sit twelve inches above the flood elevation?
That figure should not be treated as a universal rule without looking at the actual property. The required elevation can depend on the flood-zone designation, the municipal freeboard, the Design Flood Elevation, Coastal A or V Zone conditions, NJDEP requirements and the applicable building-code provisions. Each flood-zone installation is worked out individually.
Can the generator stay connected during a pressure test?
The machine has to be protected from test pressures beyond what its fuel controls are built to withstand. The fuel-gas code sets out when appliances are disconnected or isolated for testing, and the plumbing contractor follows both that code and the generator's installation instructions.
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.