Kathy from Monmouth Beach, NJ has been a Green Sun Energy Services client since August of 2023. The generator was installed by another company and commissioned in February of 2013; the servicing came to us a decade later. The first job was fitting cellular monitoring so the machine could report for itself, which on a unit of that age is the single most useful thing that can be added – the failures that matter are the ones nobody sees, and a generator that only gets tested by an outage is a generator you find out about too late. It has been serviced every year since, in October of 2023, June of 2024, June of 2025 and June of 2026, and the monitoring is ours to watch alongside the annual visit.
Project Facts
- Location
- Monmouth Beach, NJ
- Service
- Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- August 2023
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 5875
- Rated output
- 20 kW LP / 18 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Transfer switch
- 90 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Standby generator questions from Monmouth Beach homeowners
Can the platform height be read off the FEMA flood map?
Not necessarily. The map matters, but it may not carry every elevation the platform design needs. An Elevation Certificate, a surveyed ground elevation, the Base Flood Elevation, the Design Flood Elevation, the local freeboard and the municipal flood ordinance can all bear on it, so the height is calculated for the specific property.
What is a service-entrance-rated transfer switch?
One that is listed for use as service equipment when installed in the appropriate configuration. These are commonly used for whole-house systems, where the transfer switch becomes part of the home's service arrangement rather than sitting downstream of it.
Can a generator sit on compacted stone?
Certain air-cooled models can, on a properly prepared compacted aggregate base, where the applicable installation manual permits it. The base has to be stable, level, and resistant to settling and erosion, and the preparation comes from the model's own manual rather than from general practice.