Warren from Colts Neck, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since December of 2021. The generator was commissioned in August of 2022: a Generac Guardian rated 19.5 kW on natural gas, on a 100-amp service-entrance switch with surge protection. That pairing is worth noticing – a large machine on a small service – and the load calculation explains it: 14 kW across the 2,500 square foot house, with a well pump among the items. A well pump draws several times its running load in the instant it starts, and a house on a well has no water at all when the power stops, so the generator is sized for that surge rather than for the service it connects to. An annual maintenance plan covers the yearly visit.
Why Warren chose Green Sun Energy Services
Complete backup power, from sizing and installation to the service that keeps it ready.
What makes Green Sun Energy Services different
- Standby generators: installed and serviced as a Generac Authorized Sales and Service Dealer, by factory-authorized Generac technicians. On this home: a Generac 7042-2 standby generator (22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG) running on natural gas, on a 100-amp transfer switch (managed whole house) and serviced by Green Sun Energy Services.
- Warranty: backed by a 5-year generator workmanship warranty.
- Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 441 completed standby generator projects across Monmouth County and 618 standby generator projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in Colts Neck
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 16 standby generator installations and 26 generator service customers in Colts Neck. Colts Neck, a township in Monmouth County, is served by JCP&L.
Thinking about a standby generator for your Colts Neck home? Tell us about your project here or call 732-410-7818.
Power it. Protect it. Maintain it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Colts Neck, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- December 2021
- Manufacturer & model
- Generac 7042-2
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,500 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 100 amp
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
- Workmanship warranty
- 5 years
Standby generator questions from Colts Neck 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.
Does a generator in Colts Neck have to sit twelve inches above the flood elevation?
That figure should not be treated as a universal rule without looking at the actual property. The required elevation can depend on the flood-zone designation, the municipal freeboard, the Design Flood Elevation, Coastal A or V Zone conditions, NJDEP requirements and the applicable building-code provisions. Each flood-zone installation is worked out individually.
What does a standby generator sit on?
A stable, level support system allowed by the model's installation instructions. Depending on the machine and the site that can be an approved composite base, a prepared aggregate base, a concrete pad, or an engineered elevated platform.