Thomas from Morganville, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since September of 2021. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in November of 2018, and the servicing came to us three years later. We ran the three-year service that September and the four-year service in October of the following year. This is call-when-needed servicing rather than a scheduled plan – the visit is arranged when the household wants it, and each one is agreed and billed on its own. It suits an owner who would rather decide year by year than commit in advance, and it still puts a technician in front of the machine before the season that will ask something of it.
Project Facts
- Location
- Morganville, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- September 2021
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7039
- Rated output
- 20 kW LP / 18 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 100 amp
- Load management
- other
Standby generator questions from Morganville homeowners
Can the existing natural-gas service in a Morganville home supply a generator?
Often yes, but the gas system has to be evaluated first. The review covers the generator's BTU demand, meter capacity, available pressure, regulator capacity, pipe diameter and length, and every other gas appliance in the house -- furnace, boiler, water heater, range and fireplace among them.
Does a generator produce less on natural gas than on propane?
Some models do have a lower rated maximum output on natural gas than on propane -- a current 22 kW machine is rated 22 kW on LP and 21 kW on natural gas. Other models carry their own ratings, so the model-specific specification sheet is what settles it rather than a general rule.
Will the sump pump keep working if the power goes out?
It will if it is on the generator. This matters most in exactly the weather that causes outages: heavy rain and a power cut tend to arrive together, and a sump pump without power cannot keep a basement dry. A sump pump is one of the loads worth confirming during the survey rather than assuming.