Lenny from Tinton Falls, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2020. He signed in late August and the generator was commissioned in early November, a 22 kW Generac on its own pad behind a 200-amp service-rated transfer switch, with two management modules so the air conditioning and the other heavy loads are not fighting for the same capacity. A Generac service contract has covered it since, with scheduled visits and monitoring in between. Tinton Falls is in Monmouth County, where we install standby power all year.
Project Facts
- Location
- Tinton Falls, NJ
- Services
- Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2020
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7043-2
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 4,700 sq ft
- Electrical service
- 200 amp
- Transfer switch
- 200 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Purchased a 22kw natural gas generator to power my entire house. I had a very good experience with the entire process. The team was very professional and everything I was told was accurate from start to finish. I highly recommend.
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Lenny. Everything you were told being accurate is the standard we hold ourselves to, because a generator project has enough moving parts without surprises added. The 22 kW Generac at your home in Tinton Falls runs the whole house on natural gas through a service-rated transfer switch, exactly as described at the outset.
Standby generator questions from Tinton Falls homeowners
Can Tinton Falls require a generator to sit farther from the house than the manufacturer does?
Yes. Another applicable requirement can result in greater separation than the manufacturer's listed minimum -- equipment may be permitted eighteen inches from a qualifying wall while the local ordinance requires several feet from a property line. Both requirements have to be satisfied; neither cancels the other.
How level does a generator have to be?
Within the leveling tolerance specified in its installation manual -- applicable air-cooled instructions have used roughly a half-inch overall. A poorly prepared base can settle after installation and bring on drainage, vibration or enclosure problems that were not there on the day it went in.
Can the generator stay connected during a pressure test?
The machine has to be protected from test pressures beyond what its fuel controls are built to withstand. The fuel-gas code sets out when appliances are disconnected or isolated for testing, and the plumbing contractor follows both that code and the generator's installation instructions.