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
Standby generator questions from Lambertville homeowners
Can the existing natural-gas service in a Lambertville 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.
Can it start during a brownout when the power is not fully off?
Yes. The controller monitors whether the utility supply is acceptable, not merely whether voltage is present, so it can start while some lights and appliances still appear to be working. That is usually the explanation when a generator runs during severe utility-voltage problems.
Does the generator have to be bolted down?
Not every ground-level installation uses the same anchoring method. The requirement changes with the model, the pad type, wind exposure, flood requirements, elevated platforms and any local engineering requirement. The model manual and the site conditions decide it.