Deborah from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since June of 2013. She signed at the end of June and the generator was commissioned on the nineteenth of August, seven weeks, which was fast for that year. It is a 17 kW Generac on its own pad behind a 200-amp service-rated switch with two power management modules, covering 3,214 square feet with two refrigerators, a dishwasher, the laundry and a sump pump. A PowerBase plan has covered it since. Middletown is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- June 2013
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6243
- Rated output
- 17 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 3,214 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 100 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Middletown homeowners
Does the residential building code apply to a generator?
It can. For applicable one- and two-family dwellings New Jersey adopts the 2024 International Residential Code, subject to state amendments. Structural and flood-related generator installations may therefore need review under the residential subcode as well as the electrical and fuel requirements.
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.
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.