Bernie from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2021. The generator was commissioned in April of 2022, feeding a GenReady load center – a panel that replaces the main service panel outright rather than sitting alongside it, so the transfer switch and the breakers are one unit. The load calculation asked for 17 kW across the 2,600 square foot house, with an electric dryer and a double electric oven doing most of the work in that figure. Three conditions were agreed in advance: shelves out of the garage, the front and back walls cleared, and a shrub removed from in front of the garage. Replacing a service panel is a bigger intervention than adding a transfer switch beside one, and the electrician needs room to work on both sides of it.
Why Bernie 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 200-amp transfer switch (genready).
- Warranty: backed by a 1-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 Middletown
Green Sun Energy Services has completed 71 standby generator installations in Middletown. Middletown, a township on Raritan Bay and Sandy Hook Bay in Monmouth County, is served by JCP&L.
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Project Facts
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Installation
- Client since
- September 2021
- Manufacturer & model
- Generac 7042-2
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,600 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- GenReady
- Workmanship warranty
- 1 year
Standby generator questions from Middletown homeowners
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.
Can the generator go in the back yard?
Yes, provided the location complies with the installation instructions and the applicable state and municipal requirements. A distant back-yard position lengthens the electrical and gas runs, which can call for larger conductors or larger gas piping and can raise the cost of the installation.
Does the residential building code apply to a generator?
It can. For applicable one- and two-family dwellings New Jersey adopts the 2024 International Residential Code, subject to state amendments. Structural and flood-related generator installations may therefore need review under the residential subcode as well as the electrical and fuel requirements.