Carolanne from Bridgewater, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since October of 2019. She signed in October and the generator was commissioned in the first week of January, a 16 kW Generac feeding a 200-amp GenReady load center with power management built into the panel. It covers 2,130 square feet with two refrigerators, a freezer, an electric dryer and a sump pump, which is a heavier load than the floor area suggests. A Generac service contract has covered it since. Bridgewater is in Somerset County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Bridgewater, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- October 2019
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7176
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,130 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
The young man (Mike) was very competent and nice. He informed me of everything he did during the service call. He spent quite a lot of time and I am very satisfied.
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Carolanne, and Mike will be pleased. Taking the time is the point: the generator at your home in Bridgewater has been serviced by us since 2019, and a visit that is rushed is a visit that finds nothing. Saying what was done as it was done is how the record stays useful to both of us.
Standby generator questions from Bridgewater homeowners
Will a 22 kW generator run an entire Bridgewater house?
For many homes, yes, but that does not mean every load can run at the same moment. Houses with two central air conditioners, electric heat, EV charging, pool equipment or electric cooking may need load management or a larger machine. The answer comes from a load calculation rather than from the phrase whole house.
Which fuel-gas code applies?
New Jersey currently adopts the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code as its Fuel Gas Subcode, which is what governs the piping, testing and shutoff arrangements on a natural-gas generator installation.
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.