Kim from Farmingdale, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2024. The generator was commissioned in February of 2025: 18 kW on natural gas, on a 150-amp service-entrance switch with surge protection, sized against a 15 kW calculation for the 2,400 square foot house. An electric oven is on the load list, which is usually what lifts a house of this size past what its floor area alone would suggest – the elements draw hard and they draw at the times when everything else in the kitchen is running too. Annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty and monitoring we manage all sit behind the generator.
Project Facts
- Location
- Farmingdale, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- December 2024
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7226
- Rated output
- 18 kW LP / 17 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,400 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 150 amp
- Transfer switch
- 150 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Farmingdale homeowners
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.
How far from the property line does a generator need to be in Farmingdale?
There is no single statewide New Jersey property-line setback for a residential generator. Setbacks are set by the municipality's zoning ordinance, so the requirement is a Farmingdale question rather than a general one. A generator can meet every manufacturer clearance and still breach a side-yard or rear-yard setback, which is why the zoning review happens before the location is fixed.
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.