Michael from Little Silver, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2025, and booked the charger and the array within days of each other.
A ChargePoint outside the garage
18 July 2025. Hardwired, J1772, on a dedicated 60-amp circuit at 11.5 kW – roughly 36 miles of range an hour – mounted outdoors, to the left of the garage and set back a couple of feet. The load calculation put the minimum service at 132 amps against a 150-amp supply: eighteen amps of margin on a 1,634 square foot house with a sump pump, a refrigerator, a dishwasher and the laundry. That is enough, and it is precisely the sort of figure that has to be worked out rather than assumed – the same house on the same service with a slightly different appliance list could easily have come back the other way.
15 panels and 6.38 kW
Three weeks later, on 7 August: 15 Jinko 425-watt modules with Enphase IQ8PLUS microinverters, rail-mounted, split 5.10 and 1.28 kW across two roof faces – the second of them just three panels – and estimated at 5,251 kilowatt hours in the first year. Microinverters are what make a three-panel face worth having at all: each panel converts on its own, so a small awkward plane contributes whatever it can rather than holding back the string it would otherwise share. The roof needed nothing, and JCP&L interconnected the system in September.
A modest array and a large charger
The charger can pull 11.5 kW and the array is rated at 6.38, and the two are not meant to match. An array is sized against a year of consumption and the usable area of a roof; a charger is sized against how quickly somebody wants to be able to leave in the morning. What buying them together actually buys is not balance but information. The array was designed for a household whose consumption already included a car, and the charger went onto a service whose remaining headroom had already been measured. On 150 amps and fifteen panels’ worth of roof, both of those were numbers worth having before either job started rather than after.
Why Michael chose Green Sun Energy Services
Professional home EV charging made simple, from electrical design through final inspection.
More than solar panels: a professionally managed energy system, from design and permitting through installation, inspection, activation and ongoing support.
What makes Green Sun Energy Services different
- EV charging: installed with certifications from Qmerit, ChargePoint, Enphase, SolarEdge and Tesla, by a licensed electrician and fully managed by our team. On this home: a ChargePoint CPH50-HARDWIRE-L23 EV charger on a 60-amp circuit.
- Solar: design and installation supervised by a NABCEP-certified professional (#PVA-111016-016148), with Enphase microinverters on every panel so each one reports its own output. On this home: a 6.375 kW solar array of 15 Jinko JKM425N-54HL4R-B panels, an EnPhase IQ8PLUS-72-M-US Micro-Single inverter and the IronRidge mounting system.
- Warranty: backed by a 10-year solar workmanship warranty.
- Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 35 completed EV charger projects and 138 completed solar projects across Monmouth County and 91 EV charger projects and 360 solar projects throughout New Jersey.
Our work in Little Silver
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 1 EV charger installation and 2 featured solar projects in Little Silver. Little Silver, a borough on the Shrewsbury River in Monmouth County, is served by JCP&L.
Thinking about solar, an EV charger, or both for your Little Silver home? Tell us about your project here or call 732-410-7818.
Power it. Protect it. Maintain it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Little Silver, NJ
- Services
- EV Charger Installation, Solar Panel Installation
- Client since
- June 2025
Solar
- Manufacturer & model
- Jinko JKM425N-54HL4R-B
- Panels
- 15
- System size
- 6.38 kW
- Inverter
- EnPhase IQ8PLUS-72-M-US Micro-Single
- Mounting system
- IronRidge
- Estimated first-year production
- 5,251 kWh
- Share of the home's electricity
- 40%
- Electric utility
- JCP&L
- Workmanship warranty
- 10 years
EV charger
- Manufacturer & model
- ChargePoint CPH50-HARDWIRE-L23
- Charging port
- CCS (J1772)
- Circuit breaker
- 60 amp
- Charging stations
- 1
- Estimated range added per hour
- 36 mi / 58 km
Questions from Little Silver homeowners
SolarWhich direction should the panels face?
South-facing roof planes generally give excellent annual production, but east and west can be very productive too. The design should compare the modelled annual production of each available plane rather than rejecting anything that is not due south.
SolarCan the utility require upgrades before approving a system?
Yes. Some interconnections require utility-system modifications -- transformer capacity, voltage, protection equipment, secondary conductors, service equipment or other distribution work. Who bears the cost depends on the applicable interconnection rules and the utility's determination.
EV chargingWhat size breaker do I need for a 40-amp EV charger?
A 40-amp continuous charger typically uses a 50-amp circuit. The final design still depends on the equipment listing, conductor temperature ratings, wiring method, and local inspection requirements.
EV chargingCan I install an EV charger myself in Little Silver, NJ?
Homeowners may have limited rights to perform electrical work on property they own, but permitting, code compliance, inspection, and safety requirements still apply. Because EV charging is a continuous high-load application, professional installation by a qualified electrical contractor is strongly recommended.
EV chargingCan a ChargePoint charger charge a Tesla?
Yes. ChargePoint offers Home Flex with either a J1772 or a NACS connector. The NACS version connects directly to compatible Tesla vehicles, and the J1772 version charges a Tesla through the adapter Tesla supplies.