Vincent from Freehold, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2024. The generator was commissioned that July, a Generac model 7226 rated 17 kW on natural gas where the load calculation asked for 12 kW. Nearly everything in the 1,800 square feet burns gas – the furnace, the range and the dryer – so the electrical load is modest, but the furnace still needs power to run its blower and the air conditioning needs it outright. A load-management module and a surge protective device let the whole house transfer on a 100-amp service.
Project Facts
- Location
- Freehold, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- April 2024
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7226
- Rated output
- 18 kW LP / 17 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 1,800 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 100 amp
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Freehold homeowners
Do generator requirements in Freehold differ from the next town over?
The manufacturer's equipment requirements do not change when you cross a municipal boundary into Freehold, 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.
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.
How can a whole house be carried on a smaller electrical service?
Through load management. One or more large loads are controlled so they do not start at the same moment, or shut down briefly if generator demand climbs too high. That is what allows whole-house coverage where the raw sum of every connected load would otherwise exceed the machine.