Doug from Middletown, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2025. He signed in late August and the generator was commissioned in early November, a 22 kW Generac on a composite pad behind a 200-amp service-rated transfer switch, with surge protection and two load management modules keeping the biggest draws from arriving at once. A Generac service contract covers the maintenance from here. Middletown is in Monmouth County, where we install more standby power than in any other town.
Project Facts
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2025
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7042-2
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 3,400 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Explained everything clearly, good value, and great product.
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Doug. Explaining it clearly is the part we care most about. The 22 kW Generac at your home in Middletown was sized from a survey of what the house actually runs rather than from a rule of thumb, and knowing why the number is what it is makes the whole thing easier to live with. Glad the machine has earned its place.
Standby generator questions from Middletown homeowners
Does a generator in Middletown have to sit twelve inches above the flood elevation?
That figure should not be treated as a universal rule without looking at the actual property. The required elevation can depend on the flood-zone designation, the municipal freeboard, the Design Flood Elevation, Coastal A or V Zone conditions, NJDEP requirements and the applicable building-code provisions. Each flood-zone installation is worked out individually.
Does the clearance apply to a fixed window as well as one that opens?
A permanently fixed pane may be treated differently from an operable window, because the concern in the placement guidance is exhaust and carbon monoxide entering the building. Even so, the installer has to evaluate the exact model's manual and everything nearby -- operable windows, doors, vents, fresh-air intakes, window wells and mechanical openings. A fixed window should never simply be assumed acceptable.
What is a sediment trap for?
It helps stop foreign material in the gas line from reaching the generator's fuel controls. Where the fuel-gas code and the system configuration call for one, it is fitted, and the maintenance schedule includes inspecting or cleaning it.