Generator and Holiday Lighting in Lincroft, NJ | Ten Years Between Projects

Lincroft, NJ · Client since August 2014

Anna from Lincroft, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2014, and ten years passed between the two jobs on this page.

A 16 kW Generac in a steel enclosure

Commissioned on 7 October 2014. A 16 kW Generac on natural gas in a steel enclosure on its own pad, behind a 200-amp service-rated managed whole-house transfer switch. The house is 2,700 square feet, and the load survey has two entries that matter more than the square footage does: a double electric oven and two sump pumps.

They pull in opposite directions, which is what makes the sizing interesting. The double oven is a large steady draw and the reason a house this size needs a machine this size at all – electric cooking can rival everything else in a home running at once. The sump pumps are the reason the house is carried whole rather than on a nominated list of circuits: a pump that stops during a storm is how a basement floods, and the storm is precisely when the power goes. One drives the number up; the other decides that nothing gets left off the list.

It has been on our Silver plan since it was installed – annual maintenance, on the calendar, by somebody whose job it is to remember.

Holiday lighting, ten years later

November of 2024, and a first season of Christmas lights – up in early November, down after the New Year, installed and removed by us. There is no technical connection at all between hanging lights on a roofline and maintaining a standby generator, and none is needed. They come from the same instinct: hand over the jobs that are seasonal, awkward, or easy to put off until they turn into a problem.

Why Anna chose Green Sun Energy Services

A professionally designed holiday display without climbing a single ladder.

Complete backup power, from sizing and installation to the service that keeps it ready.

What makes Green Sun Energy Services different

• Holiday lighting: custom-designed displays with LED lights, installed, looked after through the season, then taken down and stored in labeled containers. On this home: a holiday lighting display.
• Standby generators: installed and serviced as a Generac Authorized Sales and Service Dealer, by factory-authorized Generac technicians. On this home: a Generac 6462 standby generator (16 kW LP / 16 kW NG) running on natural gas, on a 200-amp transfer switch (managed whole house) and serviced by Green Sun Energy Services.
• Warranty: backed by a 5-year generator workmanship warranty.
• Local: locally owned and operated in New Jersey since 2010, NJHIC licensed (#13VH06229000), with 20 completed holiday lighting projects and 444 completed standby generator projects across Monmouth County and 21 holiday lighting projects and 621 standby generator projects throughout New Jersey.

Our work in Lincroft

Green Sun Energy Services has completed 4 holiday lighting displays, 20 standby generator installations and 37 generator service customers in Lincroft. Lincroft, a community in Middletown Township, is served by JCP&L.

Thinking about a standby generator, holiday lighting, or both for your Lincroft home? Tell us about your project here or call 732-410-7818.

Power it. Protect it. Maintain it.

Questions from Lincroft homeowners

Standby generatorCan a generator sit behind a solid privacy fence?

Potentially, if the fence stays outside every airflow, exhaust and servicing clearance and does not create a partially enclosed space where heat or exhaust can accumulate. Municipal fence and screening rules may apply as well.

Standby generatorDoes new gas piping have to be pressure tested in Lincroft?

Yes. Gas piping subject to the adopted fuel-gas code must be inspected and tested before it is accepted. New Jersey adopts the 2024 International Fuel Gas Code, which governs the inspection, the test pressure and how long the test has to hold.

Holiday lightingCan lights stay up all winter?

They can remain physically installed longer if the system and clips are designed for outdoor use, but most seasonal programs schedule removal after the holidays. Prolonged exposure increases ultraviolet, wind, ice, and storm wear.

Holiday lightingCan lights be attached to stucco?

Yes, but stucco can crack or spall if improperly fastened. Non-penetrating or specialty temporary attachments are preferred where practical.

Holiday lightingWill the clips damage the shingles?

Properly selected temporary clips should have minimal effect on the roofing. The rule that matters is that nothing about hanging a light should compromise the shingle sealing, the flashing or the waterproofing of the roof. A decoration is never worth a leak.