Marisa from Matawan, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since April of 2013. She and Michael signed in April and the generator was commissioned in the second week of July, an 11 kW Generac in a steel enclosure on a twelve-circuit switch, covering 1,000 square feet with a refrigerator and a sump pump. Putting the sump on the protected circuits is the decision that matters most in a storm, and it is easy to leave off a list that size. A PowerBase plan has covered it since. Matawan is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Matawan, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- April 2013
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6437
- Rated output
- 11 kW LP / 10 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 1,000 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 50 amp
- Load management
- Dedicated (Essential) Circuits
Standby generator questions from Matawan homeowners
How level does a generator have to be?
Within the leveling tolerance specified in its installation manual -- applicable air-cooled instructions have used roughly a half-inch overall. A poorly prepared base can settle after installation and bring on drainage, vibration or enclosure problems that were not there on the day it went in.
Can the existing natural-gas service in a Matawan 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.
How much space is needed at the ends of the generator?
Applicable air-cooled installation instructions commonly require about three feet at the ends. That space protects cooling airflow, exhaust operation and the access a technician needs to work on the machine. The model-specific manual controls.