Adam from Cream Ridge, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2020, and came back for holiday lighting five years later. The generator was commissioned in September of 2020: 20 kW on natural gas, feeding two 200-amp transfer switches – 400 amps in total, the largest electrical service on the site – against a 17 kW calculation for the 3,800 square foot house. A well pump and a sump pump are what settle the case here: no power means no water coming into the house and no way to move it out, at the same moment. Two refrigerators, a washer, a gas dryer and a dishwasher complete the load. Holiday lighting followed in October of 2025 – warm white C9 lights on the roofline, installed for the season and taken down after it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Cream Ridge, NJ
- Services
- Christmas Light Installation, Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- June 2020
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7039-1
- Rated output
- 20 kW LP / 18 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Electrical service
- 400 amp
- Transfer switch
- 400 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Cream Ridge homeowners
Does a generator keep the well running during an outage in Cream Ridge?
Yes, when the well pump is included in the design. A private well pump is electric, so without power there is no running water at all -- a different order of problem from losing the lights. Homes on a well are among the clearest cases for standby power, and the pump belongs on the load list from the start.
Can the existing natural-gas service in a Cream Ridge home supply a generator?
Often yes, but the gas system has to be evaluated first. The review covers the generator's BTU demand, meter capacity, available pressure, regulator capacity, pipe diameter and length, and every other gas appliance in the house -- furnace, boiler, water heater, range and fireplace among them.
Will a 22 kW generator run an entire Cream Ridge house?
For many homes, yes, but that does not mean every load can run at the same moment. Houses with two central air conditioners, electric heat, EV charging, pool equipment or electric cooking may need load management or a larger machine. The answer comes from a load calculation rather than from the phrase whole house.