Jean from Farmingdale, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since November of 2024. The standby generator at the house was installed and commissioned by another company in February of 2021, and the servicing was moved to us three years later. The first visit, in November of 2024, was the four-year service; the second, in October of 2025, the five-year, 800-hour one. Picking up someone else’s machine means starting with what is actually there rather than what a file says – hours on the clock, the state of the battery and plugs, whether the enclosure has been sitting in weather – and then getting it back onto a schedule it can be held to.
Project Facts
- Location
- Farmingdale, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- November 2024
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 7176
- Rated output
- 16 kW LP / 16 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 70 amp
Standby generator questions from Farmingdale homeowners
Can the existing natural-gas service in a Farmingdale 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.
Is every generator trench eighteen inches deep?
No. Eighteen inches is a common cover requirement for certain raceway installations, but it is not a universal generator-trench rule. The code table sets different minimum cover depending on the wiring method and where it runs.
Does the residential building code apply to a generator?
It can. For applicable one- and two-family dwellings New Jersey adopts the 2024 International Residential Code, subject to state amendments. Structural and flood-related generator installations may therefore need review under the residential subcode as well as the electrical and fuel requirements.