Larry from Colts Neck, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since January of 2021. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in November of 2013, and the servicing came to us seven years later. Every interval since has been kept without a gap – the seven-year service in January of 2021, the eight-year that December, the ninth in November of 2022 and the visits that followed, each drifting a little earlier in the year. Monitoring was added in the summer of 2022, which is what turns a weekly self-test into something that reports its own result rather than a noise in the garden nobody is listening for. Annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty and the monitoring all sit behind the machine.
Project Facts
- Location
- Colts Neck, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- January 2021
Standby generator questions from Colts Neck homeowners
What size propane tank does a generator need?
Tank size follows the generator's capacity, the outage duration you want to cover, the climate, the tank's vaporisation capacity and any other appliances drawing off the same tank. Standby generator applications call for a substantial storage volume rather than a small portable cylinder, and the propane supplier's requirements form part of the design.
Is the output the same on propane and natural gas?
Not necessarily. Many models are rated differently depending on fuel; a current 22 kW machine is rated 22 kW on LP and 21 kW on natural gas. The model-specific ratings should be compared before the generator is sized, not afterwards.
Does a generator keep the well running during an outage in Colts Neck?
Yes, when the well pump is included in the design. A private well pump is electric, so without power there is no running water at all -- a different order of problem from losing the lights. Homes on a well are among the clearest cases for standby power, and the pump belongs on the load list from the start.