Anthony from Barnegat, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2024. The generator was commissioned five days after the contract: a Generac Guardian rated 19.5 kW on natural gas, on a 150-amp service-entrance switch with a smart management module and surge protection. The house is 1,600 square feet and the load calculation came to 19 kW – one of the highest ratios of demand to floor area on the site. An electric range and oven combination, an electric dryer, two refrigerators, a sump pump and a dishwasher explain it: all-electric cooking and laundry in a small house asks more of a generator than a large house running on gas. Annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty and monitoring we manage all sit behind it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Barnegat, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2024
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7042-2
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 1,600 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 150 amp
- Transfer switch
- 150 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Just bought a Generic Generator 22W from them and Glen was great! Came to my house and talk everything over with us, and what a sales pitch he had us signing on the dotted line. And from go he and his team was there, letting us know step by step what next. I would be definitely keeping my sign on my lawn, and spreading the word if someone is looking for a standby generator!
Love it
Grimes family in Barnegat
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Anthony. Coming to the house and talking it through is how a generator ought to be bought, because the right size depends on things nobody can see from a form. The 22 kW machine at your home in Barnegat came out of that conversation, and knowing what was next at every stage is what we owe you afterwards.
Standby generator questions from Barnegat homeowners
How far from the property line does a generator need to be in Barnegat?
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 Barnegat 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 generator need its own gas shutoff?
The fuel installation has to include the shutoff arrangements required by the adopted fuel-gas code and by the installation instructions. The valve must be positioned where it is accessible, both for servicing and for isolating the machine in an emergency.
Is an emergency shutdown required?
The 2023 National Electrical Code contains requirements addressing emergency shutdown of generator prime movers. Whether and how they apply is determined from the generator's rating, its location, the model and the installation, and the factory equipment is evaluated against them rather than presumed to comply.