Yufei from Belle Mead, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2017. He and Madhavi signed at the end of September and the generator was commissioned in the first week of December, a 9 kW Generac in an aluminium enclosure on its own pad, wired to a sixteen-circuit switch. The protected list runs to 500 square feet, a refrigerator, the laundry and two sump pumps. A PowerBase plan has covered it since. Belle Mead is in Somerset County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Belle Mead, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- September 2017
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7030
- Rated output
- 9 kW LP / 8 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 500 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Dedicated (Essential) Circuits
Standby generator questions from Belle Mead homeowners
What size standby generator does a Belle Mead home need?
The correct size is decided by the electrical loads the generator is expected to run, not by the square footage of the house. Central air, heat pumps, electric heat, well and sump pumps, refrigerators and freezers, electric ranges and dryers, pool equipment and EV chargers all count. Where a load is connected automatically, the generator either has the capacity for it or an approved load-management system controls it.
Is every generator trench eighteen inches deep?
No. Eighteen inches is a common cover requirement for certain raceway installations, but it is not a universal generator-trench rule. The code table sets different minimum cover depending on the wiring method and where it runs.
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.