Brian from Interlaken, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since November of 2019. The generator was commissioned in March of 2020, and it is an essential-circuits installation rather than whole-house: named circuits carried through an outdoor-rated transfer switch, sized against a 13 kW calculation for the 2,526 square foot house. The air conditioning was deliberately placed at a lower priority than everything else in the switch, which is the honest trade a household makes on this approach – the sump pump, the refrigerators and the freezer come first, and cooling waits its turn. Deciding that in advance is the whole point: the alternative is discovering the order during a storm. The generator is supported by annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty, and monitoring we manage.
Project Facts
- Location
- Interlaken, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- November 2019
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7174
- Rated output
- 13 kW LP / 13 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,526 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Essential Circuits/NEMA-3R
Standby generator questions from Interlaken homeowners
Can the existing natural-gas service in a Interlaken 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.
Will the sump pump keep working if the power goes out?
It will if it is on the generator. This matters most in exactly the weather that causes outages: heavy rain and a power cut tend to arrive together, and a sump pump without power cannot keep a basement dry. A sump pump is one of the loads worth confirming during the survey rather than assuming.
Can an existing propane tank be reused for a new generator?
Possibly. Existing propane equipment can be reused when it is correctly sized, sited, regulated, maintained and capable of supplying the demand the generator adds. The propane supplier should verify capacity and regulator performance before the machine is commissioned rather than after.