Joe from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since May of 2015. His 20 kW Generac was installed by another company at the start of 2013, and two years later he switched the servicing to us on a Silver plan. Taking on somebody else machine is routine work: the annual service is the same job whoever originally put it in, and it gives an orphaned generator a dealer again. Middletown is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- May 2015
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6250
- Rated output
- 20 kW LP / 18 kW NG
- Transfer switch
- 90 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Middletown homeowners
Does a standby generator need a permit in Middletown?
A permanently installed generator normally requires New Jersey Uniform Construction Code permits, because it involves permanent electrical and fuel work. Depending on the property and the municipality, building, zoning, floodplain, utility or fire-code review can also apply.
What is a standby generator?
A permanently installed automatic backup-power system that supplies electricity to the house when utility power is unavailable. Unlike a portable, it is permanently connected to the home's electrical system through transfer equipment and normally runs on natural gas or liquid propane. When the power fails it starts on its own, carries the connected loads, and hands the house back to the utility once service returns.
Why does cold weather matter when sizing a propane tank?
Because propane's ability to vaporise falls as the outdoor temperature drops and as the liquid level in the tank falls. A supply that looks adequate in mild weather can struggle to support a large generator through a long winter outage if storage and vaporisation capacity were not designed for it.