Patrick from Lincroft, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2021. The generator was commissioned in December, on a managed whole-house switch, sized against a 14 kW calculation for the 2,500 square foot house. Two conditions were set out before the work: bushes removed from in front of both the electric and the gas meter, and one disclosure that most quotations would leave unsaid. The household was advised in writing that the machine can only surge to within seven amps of the locked rotor amps needed to start their largest air conditioning condenser. That is a narrow margin stated plainly rather than discovered on the first hot evening of a power cut, and it is the sort of thing a customer can only weigh if somebody tells them.
Project Facts
- Location
- Lincroft, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- June 2021
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7228
- Rated output
- 18 kW LP / 17 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,500 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Lincroft homeowners
Will a 22 kW generator run an entire Lincroft house?
For many homes, yes, but that does not mean every load can run at the same moment. Houses with two central air conditioners, electric heat, EV charging, pool equipment or electric cooking may need load management or a larger machine. The answer comes from a load calculation rather than from the phrase whole house.
Does the generator start on its own?
Yes. A properly installed standby generator left in AUTO is designed to start automatically when it detects an unacceptable loss of utility power. The transfer system then moves the household loads across, and when acceptable utility power returns it transfers them back and the generator runs through its programmed shutdown.
Which fuel-gas code applies?
New Jersey currently adopts the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code as its Fuel Gas Subcode, which is what governs the piping, testing and shutoff arrangements on a natural-gas generator installation.