Kristine from New Monmouth, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since November of 2018. Her 14 kW Generac from the 6000 series has been on our PowerBase Silver plan since that autumn, coming up on eight years. Silver is the maintenance tier: oil and filters changed, battery load-tested, transfer switch inspected, and the unit run under load while a technician watches it. An older generator that has been serviced every year is worth more than a newer one that has not. New Monmouth is in Monmouth County.
Project Facts
- Location
- New Monmouth, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- November 2018
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6052
- Rated output
- 14 kW LP / 13 kW NG
- Transfer switch
- 60 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Trey was great! The company is honest and I have been with them since 2022 as a service contract on my generator. Highly recommend.
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you, Kristine, and Trey will be glad to hear it. Honest is the word we would most like to keep. The generator at your home in New Monmouth has been on an annual service plan with us since 2022, and the point of the plan is that the same checks happen whether or not anything looks wrong.
Standby generator questions from New Monmouth homeowners
What size standby generator does a New Monmouth home need?
The correct size is decided by the electrical loads the generator is expected to run, not by the square footage of the house. Central air, heat pumps, electric heat, well and sump pumps, refrigerators and freezers, electric ranges and dryers, pool equipment and EV chargers all count. Where a load is connected automatically, the generator either has the capacity for it or an approved load-management system controls it.
Does every generator need a valve adjustment?
No. Valve-clearance requirements depend on the engine and the model. The technician identifies the model and serial number and follows the applicable maintenance schedule, rather than assuming every air-cooled machine gets the same procedure.
Can a generator be installed on a deck or a roof?
Platform, deck and supporting-structure installations are recognized, but they call for additional review: structural capacity, noncombustible surface requirements, fire clearance, exhaust, airflow, vibration, service access and local requirements all have to be addressed. It is a site-specific installation rather than a routine location.