Standby Generator Installation and Standby Generator Service in Eatontown, NJ by Green Sun Energy Services.
Andrea from Eatontown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2021. The generator was commissioned a year later, in June of 2022: a Generac Guardian rated 17 kW on natural gas, on a 100-amp service-entrance switch with a smart management module. A 100-amp service is the constraint that shapes a job like this – the house has less headroom to work with than a modern 200-amp panel, so the management module is what makes whole-house coverage possible at all rather than an optional refinement. The calculation asked for 13 kW across 2,510 square feet, with a refrigerator, a separate freezer, a washer, a gas dryer and a dishwasher to carry. The generator is supported by annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty, and monitoring we manage.
Project Facts
- Location
- Eatontown, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- June 2021
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7226
- Rated output
- 18 kW LP / 17 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,510 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 100 amp
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
From start to finish, Green Sun Energy was reliable, professional, and such a pleasure to work with. The thought of purchasing and installing a generator was very overwhelming to us, but the team at Green Sun made the entire process smooth and easy to understand, with very minimal effort on our end (which was a huge plus!). Every single person we worked with was so pleasant from the office staff to the electricians and plumbers - they gave us a lot of confidence that the job would be done correctly. We would 100% percent recommend Green Sun to friends and family. Thank you Glen and the whole Green Sun Team!
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Andrea. Buying a generator is genuinely overwhelming the first time, because it touches gas, electrical, permits and inspections and none of it is familiar. Our job is to make it feel smaller than it is. The 18 kW Generac at your home in Eatontown is the machine the house asked for. Glad it was a pleasure rather than a trial.
Standby generator questions from Eatontown homeowners
Do generator requirements in Eatontown differ from the next town over?
The manufacturer's equipment requirements do not change when you cross a municipal boundary into Eatontown, but local zoning can. A township may impose its own side-yard and rear-yard setbacks, mechanical-equipment rules, screening, noise requirements and floodplain provisions. That is why every property gets a municipal zoning review rather than a general answer.
How is a standby generator grounded?
The grounding and bonding arrangement depends on the transfer-switch configuration, and in particular on whether the neutral is switched and the generator therefore treated as a separately derived system. It is designed by a qualified electrical contractor rather than assumed from another installation.
Does the residential building code apply to a generator?
It can. For applicable one- and two-family dwellings New Jersey adopts the 2024 International Residential Code, subject to state amendments. Structural and flood-related generator installations may therefore need review under the residential subcode as well as the electrical and fuel requirements.