Stan from West Long Branch, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2013. He signed in the middle of August and the generator was commissioned in the first week of December, a 14 kW Generac wired to a fourteen-circuit switch covering 1,100 square feet. Fourteen circuits is a middle path between the essentials and the whole panel, and on a compact house it usually reaches everything that matters. West Long Branch is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- West Long Branch, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Installation
- Client since
- August 2013
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6240
- Rated output
- 14 kW LP / 13 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 1,100 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 0 amp
- Load management
- Dedicated (Essential) Circuits
Standby generator questions from West Long Branch homeowners
What does a whole-house generator actually mean?
Whole-house generally means the transfer equipment serves the home's main electrical system rather than a small emergency-circuit panel. It does not promise unlimited capacity. High-demand appliances may still be prioritized or briefly shed while generator capacity is being used elsewhere.
Can a generator sit behind a solid privacy fence?
Potentially, if the fence stays outside every airflow, exhaust and servicing clearance and does not create a partially enclosed space where heat or exhaust can accumulate. Municipal fence and screening rules may apply as well.
Can the existing natural-gas service in a West Long Branch 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.