Standby Generator Installation
Thomas from Little Silver, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since March of 2026. We installed an 18 kW Generac in May, making 17 kW on natural gas and switching the whole house through a 200-amp service-entrance transfer switch with surge protection built in. At 2,300 square feet this is not a large house, and the electric dryer is why the code calculation still came to a 15 kW minimum: an electric dryer draws several times what a gas one does, and it is the single appliance most likely to push a modest house up into a larger machine. Our top service plan supports it, with annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty and remote monitoring that Green Sun manages directly.
Project Facts
- Location
- Little Silver, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- March 2026
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7259
- Rated output
- 18 kW LP / 17 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,300 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Little Silver homeowners
Why do outages last longer on some Little Silver streets than others?
Mature tree cover over overhead lines is the usual reason. Limbs coming down in wind, snow or ice take the lines with them, so heavily treed streets tend to see both more frequent outages and longer restoration times than open ones. It is one of the honest arguments for standby power rather than a portable generator.
Will it work if nobody is home?
Yes, which is one of the main advantages over a portable generator. It has to be properly installed, fuelled, maintained, free of active shutdown alarms and left in AUTO. That matters most where an outage would otherwise stop a sump pump, the heating, refrigeration or a well pump while the house is empty.
Can a standby generator be installed in Little Silver without natural gas?
Yes. Residential standby generators commonly run on liquid propane. A properly sized tank, regulator and piping system has to be designed to deliver adequate vapour flow and pressure for the machine.