Alex from Fair Haven, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since November of 2019. He signed in early November and the generator was commissioned in late January, a 22 kW Generac on its own pad behind a 200-amp service-rated transfer switch, which means the whole house rides through an outage rather than a chosen handful of circuits. A Generac service contract has kept it maintained since, with scheduled visits and monitoring between them. Fair Haven is in Monmouth County, close enough to the river that outages are a seasonal fact.
Project Facts
- Location
- Fair Haven, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- November 2019
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 70432
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 3,900 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
I have been with greensun for almost two years now and I have been very happy with their services.
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Alex. The 22 kW Generac at your home in Fair Haven runs the whole house through a service-rated transfer switch, so an outage needs nothing from the homeowner at all. Being happy with a generator usually means never having had to think about it, and that is the outcome we aim for.
Standby generator questions from Fair Haven homeowners
How far from the property line does a generator need to be in Fair Haven?
There is no single statewide New Jersey property-line setback for a residential generator. Setbacks are set by the municipality's zoning ordinance, so the requirement is a Fair Haven question rather than a general one. A generator can meet every manufacturer clearance and still breach a side-yard or rear-yard setback, which is why the zoning review happens before the location is fixed.
Does the generator need its own gas shutoff?
The fuel installation has to include the shutoff arrangements required by the adopted fuel-gas code and by the installation instructions. The valve must be positioned where it is accessible, both for servicing and for isolating the machine in an emergency.
What does a standby generator sit on?
A stable, level support system allowed by the model's installation instructions. Depending on the machine and the site that can be an approved composite base, a prepared aggregate base, a concrete pad, or an engineered elevated platform.