Stephen from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2022. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in December of 2013, and the servicing came to us nine years later. It has been seen every spring since – the nine-year service in 2022, then the ten-year interval repeated in 2023, 2024, 2025 and again in 2026. A machine in its thirteenth year is well past the point where an original controller can be expected to last forever, and the yearly visit is what turns that from a discovery made during an outage into something found and dealt with in daylight. An annual maintenance plan covers the visit.
Project Facts
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- May 2022
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6242
- Rated output
- 17 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 65 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Middletown homeowners
Can the platform height be read off the FEMA flood map?
Not necessarily. The map matters, but it may not carry every elevation the platform design needs. An Elevation Certificate, a surveyed ground elevation, the Base Flood Elevation, the Design Flood Elevation, the local freeboard and the municipal flood ordinance can all bear on it, so the height is calculated for the specific property.
What fuel does a home standby generator use?
Most residential air-cooled standby generators are designed to run on either natural gas or vapour-withdrawn liquid propane. The generator and its fuel system have to be configured for whichever is chosen, and the required pressure, capacity and consumption figures depend on the model.
Does every generator need a valve adjustment?
No. Valve-clearance requirements depend on the engine and the model. The technician identifies the model and serial number and follows the applicable maintenance schedule, rather than assuming every air-cooled machine gets the same procedure.