Keith from Tinton Falls, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since January of 2022. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in December of 2021, and the servicing came to us a month later – early enough that the first-year service was our first proper visit rather than a catch-up on intervals already missed. A startup inspection and a monitoring subscription were both set up that same day, and every interval since has been kept: the first-year service in 2023, the two-year in 2024 and the visits that followed. That first service is the one that matters most on a new machine – the break-in oil comes out and the valves are checked at the point they are most likely to need adjusting. Annual maintenance, an extended parts-and-labor warranty and the monitoring all sit behind it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Tinton Falls, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- January 2022
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7210
- Rated output
- 24 kW LP / 21 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Tinton Falls homeowners
What gas pressure does a generator need?
It is model-specific and has to be read off the specification sheet rather than assumed. A current 22 kW model, for instance, specifies a minimum natural-gas pressure of 3.5 inches water column. Different models carry different requirements.
Does the house run on the generator during its weekly exercise?
Not necessarily -- it depends on the generation of equipment, the controller and the configuration. Traditional systems commonly exercise without transferring the house at all. Newer equipment with current controls may support different exercise and transfer behaviour.
Why do outages last longer on some Tinton Falls 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.