Albert from Farmingdale, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2019. He and Sandra signed on the tenth of August and the generator was commissioned on the seventeenth of October, ten weeks from signature to running, which is quick for permitting and a gas connection. It is a 16 kW Generac on its own pad with a 150-amp service-rated transfer switch, and a Generac service contract has covered it since. Farmingdale is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Farmingdale, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2019
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 70351
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 1,840 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 150 amp
- Transfer switch
- 150 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Trey did a great job. Polite & effcient.
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you for your positive feedback! We're glad to hear that Trey provided you with polite and efficient service. We appreciate your support and look forward to serving you again in the future!
Standby generator questions from Farmingdale homeowners
Can the existing natural-gas service in a Farmingdale home supply a generator?
Often yes, but the gas system has to be evaluated first. The review covers the generator's BTU demand, meter capacity, available pressure, regulator capacity, pipe diameter and length, and every other gas appliance in the house -- furnace, boiler, water heater, range and fireplace among them.
How can a whole house be carried on a smaller electrical service?
Through load management. One or more large loads are controlled so they do not start at the same moment, or shut down briefly if generator demand climbs too high. That is what allows whole-house coverage where the raw sum of every connected load would otherwise exceed the machine.
Do generator requirements in Farmingdale differ from the next town over?
The manufacturer's equipment requirements do not change when you cross a municipal boundary into Farmingdale, but local zoning can. A township may impose its own side-yard and rear-yard setbacks, mechanical-equipment rules, screening, noise requirements and floodplain provisions. That is why every property gets a municipal zoning review rather than a general answer.