Caroline from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since November of 2020. The generator was installed by another company, and the relationship began with a startup inspection and a monitoring subscription set up the same day. Every interval since has been kept: the first-year service in 2021, then the two-year, three-year, four-year and five-year visits through to this year. Monitoring on a machine we did not install is the part that changes the year between visits – the weekly self-test stops being a noise in the garden and becomes something that reports its own result. An annual maintenance plan and the monitoring both sit behind the machine.
Project Facts
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- November 2020
Standby generator questions from Middletown homeowners
Why do outages last longer on some Middletown streets than others?
Mature tree cover over overhead lines is the usual reason. Limbs coming down in wind, snow or ice take the lines with them, so heavily treed streets tend to see both more frequent outages and longer restoration times than open ones. It is one of the honest arguments for standby power rather than a portable generator.
Does a generator in Middletown have to sit twelve inches above the flood elevation?
That figure should not be treated as a universal rule without looking at the actual property. The required elevation can depend on the flood-zone designation, the municipal freeboard, the Design Flood Elevation, Coastal A or V Zone conditions, NJDEP requirements and the applicable building-code provisions. Each flood-zone installation is worked out individually.
Can a generator be raised on a platform?
Yes. Manufacturer guidance specifically covers installations on platforms and other supporting structures, and directs them to the applicable fire-safety standard, including a noncombustible surface extending beyond the generator for the configuration addressed. Flood and structural requirements have to be satisfied as well.