Barry from Lambertville, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since October of 2023. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in March of 2021: a 16 kW machine on natural gas, on a 70-amp transfer switch, with Wi-Fi monitoring built in. The servicing came to us two and a half years later and every interval since has been kept – the two-year visit in October of 2023, the third in September of 2024, the fourth in August of 2025 and the fifth already scheduled. Each has fallen a little earlier than the last, which is the right direction to drift: a machine seen in August is ready for the season that will test it. Lambertville sits on the Delaware at the western edge of the state, about as far from the shore as this list reaches.
Project Facts
- Location
- Lambertville, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- October 2023
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 70351
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 70 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Lambertville homeowners
Can Lambertville require a generator to sit farther from the house than the manufacturer does?
Yes. Another applicable requirement can result in greater separation than the manufacturer's listed minimum -- equipment may be permitted eighteen inches from a qualifying wall while the local ordinance requires several feet from a property line. Both requirements have to be satisfied; neither cancels the other.
Can a standby generator run central air conditioning?
Yes, when it is sized for it. The design has to account for both the running demand and the starting surge of the air-conditioning equipment. Load-management equipment can be used where necessary so that demand does not all arrive at once.
Why do outages last longer on some Lambertville 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.