Steve from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since October of 2015. He and Kristen signed in early October and the generator was commissioned four days before New Year, a 16 kW Generac in a steel enclosure on its own pad wired to a sixteen-circuit switch. The protected list is 1,000 square feet with a refrigerator, an electric dryer and two sump pumps, and the dryer plus the pumps is what set the rating rather than the floor area. Middletown is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- October 2015
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6461
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 1,000 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 400 amp
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Dedicated (Essential) Circuits
Standby generator questions from Middletown homeowners
Can a generator go in the side yard of a Middletown property?
Often yes, provided the side yard satisfies both the manufacturer's clearances and the municipality's zoning requirements. The site review covers the property-line setback, windows and doors, the gas and electric meters, the air conditioner, neighboring structures, flood conditions, service access and any local screening requirement.
How is the gas pipe size worked out?
From the generator's demand, the available pressure, the pipe length, the allowable pressure drop, the fittings, the pipe material and every other appliance connected to the system. The adopted fuel-gas code carries the sizing requirements and tables, and the model's published fuel consumption goes into the calculation.
What does the kW number on a generator mean?
It is the maximum continuous output the machine is rated to produce under the manufacturer's specified conditions. A current 22 kW model, for example, is rated 22 kW on liquid propane and 21 kW on natural gas. That difference is exactly why the fuel and the model both matter when a generator is sized.