Louis and Catherine in Long Branch have been Green Sun Energy Services clients since December of 2012. They signed for the generator four days before Christmas and came back for the roof the following summer.
A 14 kW Guardian on a service-rated switch
The machine is a Generac Guardian 14 kW home standby, model 6052, and it delivers 13 kW on natural gas, which is what this house runs on. It went in on 23 April 2013 and stands outdoors beside the meter.
The transfer switch is service-rated, which is worth explaining because it changes what the installation looks like on the wall. An ordinary transfer switch sits behind the main disconnect, so the house ends up with two enclosures and a run of cable between them. A service-rated switch takes the place of the main disconnect instead. One box, fed straight from the meter, and the generator is wired into the point where the power enters the house rather than partway down the line.
What this house asks it to carry is unusual, and it is the reason the job is worth writing up: three refrigerators and a separate freezer, all running at once. Add the electric dryer, the dishwasher, the microwave, the washer and the pool filter, and the everyday electrical load of a 2,000 square foot house is well above what the floor area would suggest. Cold storage is the load people forget when they think about an outage, because a refrigerator draws very little most of the time and then all at once, and because what it protects is not comfort but the contents, which do not survive a long outage and cannot be put back.
The roof, eleven days from signing
The roof came in June 2013: one layer of shingle stripped to the sheathing and taken away, then fifteen-pound felt over the deck, ice shield through the valleys and along the eaves, every pipe flange replaced, and 2,600 square feet of GAF Timberline HD shingles in charcoal. It carries a 30-year manufacturer warranty. Signed on 13 June and finished on 24 June, eleven days from one to the other.
The generator has been serviced ever since, most recently in October 2025.
Project Facts
- Location
- Long Branch, NJ
- Services
- Roofing Installation, Standby Generator Installation, Standby Generator Service
- Client since
- December 2012
Standby generator
- Manufacturer
- Generac Model # 6052
- Rated output
- 14 kW LP / 13 kW NG
- Fuel
- Natural Gas
- Home sized for
- 2,000 sq ft
- Transfer switch
- 0 amp
- Load management
- Managed Whole House
Roof
- System
- GAF Timberline Roofing System
- Area replaced
- 2,600 sq ft
- Warranty
- 30 years
We have been with them for many years now. They are very professional and get right back to you with any problems. We love our generator that we purchased from them years ago and that they continue to maintain.
Green Sun Energy Services replied
Thank you. Getting back to people quickly is unglamorous and it is most of what a long relationship is made of. The generator at your home in Long Branch was sized around three refrigerators, which sets a rating more surely than floor area does, and we have maintained it ever since. Thank you for staying with us.
Questions from Long Branch homeowners
Standby generatorCan the existing natural-gas service in a Long Branch 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.
RoofingWhat roofing shingle goes on most homes in Long Branch, NJ?
The primary residential roofing offering uses GAF Timberline HDZ architectural shingles as part of a complete GAF roofing system. The installation can incorporate qualifying GAF leak barrier, roof deck protection, starter strips, Timberline HDZ shingles, ridge-cap shingles and attic ventilation products.
Standby generatorHow can a whole house be carried on a smaller electrical service?
Through load management. One or more large loads are controlled so they do not start at the same moment, or shut down briefly if generator demand climbs too high. That is what allows whole-house coverage where the raw sum of every connected load would otherwise exceed the machine.