Mary from Manalapan, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2021. She and John put their 22 kW Generac on Platinum, which is the tier where the monitoring comes with the maintenance rather than as an extra. The unit reports to us over Wi-Fi between visits, so a fault registers as a notification instead of a discovery. Five years of that and the generator has never been a question mark. Manalapan is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- Manalapan, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2021
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7042
- Rated output
- 22 kW LP / 19.5 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
John was a great technician. Very courteous.
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Mary, and John will be glad to hear it. The 22 kW Generac at your home in Manalapan is serviced annually and watched remotely between visits, so if it reports a fault we tend to see it before it becomes your problem. Courtesy on the day and vigilance in between are both part of the same job.
Standby generator questions from Manalapan homeowners
How far from the property line does a generator need to be in Manalapan?
There is no single statewide New Jersey property-line setback for a residential generator. Setbacks are set by the municipality's zoning ordinance, so the requirement is a Manalapan question rather than a general one. A generator can meet every manufacturer clearance and still breach a side-yard or rear-yard setback, which is why the zoning review happens before the location is fixed.
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.
Can a generator be sized from the square footage of the house?
No. Two houses of identical size can have very different electrical requirements depending on heating fuel, how many air conditioners there are, whether there is a well pump, a pool, an EV charger, or electric cooking. A proper design examines the load rather than the floor area.